HEAD COACH PETE Wilkins has made seven changes to a Connacht side “determined to deliver a big performance” against Benetton in the United Rugby Championship on Saturday afternoon .
Diarmuid Kilgallen’s start on the right wing is the only other change in the backs while in the pack, Jordan Duggan and Dave Heffernan come in to a refreshed front row, while Shamus Hurley-Langton and Paul Boyle return to the back row. The defeat saw Connacht — who were leapfrogged in the table by the Lions — slip back to ninth place, ahead of Benetton only by virtue of a superior points difference.
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