Connacht v Treviso: Teams
Connacht head coach Eric Elwood has made seven changes to his line-up for the visit of Treviso on Friday.
Last Updated: 01/12/11 1:36pm
Connacht head coach Eric Elwood has made seven changes to his line-up for the visit of Treviso on Friday.
Mark McCrea, Kyle Tonetti, Niall O'Connor, Frank Murphy, Michael Swift, Ethienne Reynecke and Ronan Loughney have all been called into the side.
There are two further positional changes, with Dave Gannon moving to the back row to accommodate Swift's inclusion, while Dave McSharry is handed the No.12 jersey.
Following their narrow loss to Leinster Treviso have also made wholesale changes for the trip to Galway.
Only Paul Derbyshire, Brendan Williams and Michele Rizzo retain their places in coach Franco Smith's starting XV.
That means Ludovico Nitoglia, Tommaso Iannone, Ezio Galon, Andrea Pratichetti, Willem De Waal, Fabio Semenzato, Marco Filippucci, Manoa Vosawai, Benjamin Vermaak, Francesco Minto, Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet and Franco Sbaraglini are all handed starts.
Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy (capt), 14 Mark McCrea, 13 Kyle Tonetti, 12 Dave McSharry, 11 Tiernan O'Halloran, 10 Niall O'Connor, 9 Frank Murphy, 8 Ray Ofisa, 7 John Muldoon, 6 Dave Gannon, 5 George Naoupu, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Ronan Loughney, 2 Ethienne Reynecke, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Adrian Flavin, 17 Dennis Buckley, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Mick Kearney, 20 Eoghan Grace, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Matthew Jarvis, 23 Fetu'u Vainikolo.
Treviso: 15 Ludovico Nitoglia, 14 Tommaso Iannone, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Andrea Pratichetti, 11 Brendan Williams, 10 Willem De Waal, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Marco Filippucci, 7 Paul Derbyshire, 6 Manoa Vosawai, 5 Benjamin Vermaak, 4 Francesco Minto, 3 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 2 Franco Sbaraglini, 1 Michele Rizzo (capt).
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Corniel Van Zyl, 20 Valerio Bernabò, 21 Gonzalo Padrò, 22 Edoardo Gori, 23 Kristopher Burton.