Tullow pair to start for Leinster in big clash with Connacht
Dannah O’Brien will once again start at fly half for Leinster this weekend. Photo: INPHO/James Crombie.
The Leinster team to take on Connacht in Round 2 of the Vodafone Interprovincial Championship has been named, with Head Coach, Sana Govender keeping faith with his two Carlow players.
The game is on tomorrow (Saturday, 15 August) at Energia Park. Kick-off is at 4.30pm, with live coverage on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel.
There are six changes to the starting XV from the opening round of fixtures, with four players in line to make their debuts.
Tullow's Dannah O'Brien and Roisín Kinch have kept their places in the starting team. O'Brien is at out-half again, but has a new partner in the form of Alex Connor, who comes in for her first start.
Kinch, meanwhile, continues at flanker, with Erin King wearing eight, while Aoife Corcoran is promoted from the bench to complete the back row.
Ireland international Stacey Flood comes into the side at full-back to earn her first Leinster cap, with Emma Tilly moving up from the replacements to start on the wing.
Maggie Boylan starts on the other side, with Aoife Dalton and Eve Higgins continuing in the centre,
Hannah Wilson moves into the starting line up after scoring her first Leinster try off the bench last week alongside captain Sarah Delaney and Linda Djougang in the front row.
Nikki Gibson is set to make her debut and will be partnered by Ruth Campbell in the second row.
Regan Casey and Niamh Murphy are the two uncapped players named among the replacements, with Hannah Jane Wilson, Caoimhe Molloy and Shona White providing the front row cover. Kathy Baker, Katie Whelan and Robyn O'Connor complete the matchday squad.
Stacey Flood; Maggie Boylan, Aoife Dalton, Eve Higgins, Emma Tilly; , Alex Connor; Hannah Wilson, Sarah Delaney, Linda Djougang; Ruth Campbell, Nikki Gibson; Aoife Corcoran, , Erin King.
Emma Jane Wilson, Caoimhe Molloy, Shona White, Regan Casey, Kathy Baker, Katie Whelan, Niamh Murphy, Robyn O'Connor.
