Connacht announce Team to play Narbonne

By Sea_point
August 11 2006

Connacht have announced their side to start in the friendly fixture against Racing Club de Narbonne tommorow, with new front row signings Adrian Flavin & Brett Wilkinson getting their first run out in the green jersey.

Connacht Racing Club De Narbonne

New signings Brett Wilkinson and Adrian Flavin will make their debuts for Connacht when Michael Bradley's men take on Narbonne in a pre-season friendly in France on Saturday evening.

Prop Wilkinson (22), who joined from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and 27 year old hooker Flavin, who links up with Connacht from London Irish, are included in the starting 15 for the game.

Included among the replacements is academy player Andrew Browne, young brother of former Connacht star Damian. The Galwegians player has made the trip to the south of France following injuries to Michael Swift and David McGowan.

Connacht players who were with the Irish squad in Spala in Poland (Ray Hogan, John Muldoon, Conor McPhillips and Chris Keane) were not considered for selection.

Connacht: M Mostyn; K Matthews, P Warwick, G Williams, D Riordan; M McHugh, C O'Loughlin; B Wilkinson, A Flavin, S Knoop; D Gannon, A Farley; B O'Connor, M Lacey, C Rigney.

Replacements: J Fogarty, R Lougney, M Diffley, A Browne, T Tierney, D Slemen, J Hearty.

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