Connacht team v Cardiff Blues, The Sportsground, 29th October 6pm:

15 Gavin Duffy (C)

14 Fetu'u Vainikolo

13 Eoin Griffin

12 Henry Fa'afili

11 Tiernan O'Halloran

10 Niall O'Connor

9 Frank Murphy

1 Brett Wilkinson

2 Adrian Flavin

3 Rodney Ah You

4 Michael Swift

5 Mike McCarthy

6 John Muldoon

7 Johnny O'Connor

8 Ray Ofisa

Replacements

16 Ethienne Reynecke

17 Ronan Loughney

18 Dylan Rogers

19 Dave Gannon

20 George Naoupu

21 Paul O'Donohoe

22 Miah Nikora

23 Brian Tuohy

A healthier looking side with TOH, Rodders and Fets into the starting XV, and Nikora and George pushing Jarvis and TJ out of the squad. Jarvis will be feeling hard done by given his great running performances so far this season, but Eric is obviously trusting the higher percentage returns from NOC's boot for this game. A lot of us will have our eyes on the backline from 11-15, as it is shaping up into a theoretically very dangerous unit, and Vainikolo's first game will be a major talking point.