{"id":13075,"date":"2022-12-02T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13075"},"modified":"2022-12-02T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:12:15","slug":"marmion-back-from-injury-as-fully-loaded-connacht-go-to-ospreys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13075","title":{"rendered":"Marmion back from injury as fully-loaded Connacht go to Ospreys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONNACHT HEAD COACH Andy Friend has been able to name his strongest side for tomorrow\u2019s clash away to Pro14 conference A rivals Ospreys.<\/p>\n<p>The fit-again Kieran Marmion is in the starting line-up along with fellow Ireland November squad members Bundee Aki, Quinn Roux and Finlay Bealham.<\/p>\n<p>Bealham will be in buoyant mood travelling to Wales as Connacht today announced the seven-cap Ireland international has agreed a two-year extension to him at the Sportsground until 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrad Butler captains the team from openside with rising stars Paul Boyle and Sean O\u2019Brien joining the Australian in the back row.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A win at Morganstone Brewery Field tomorrow (kick-off 20.05, TG4) could see the western province rise above the second-place Ospreys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a few of our more experienced players coming back into the side which is a big boost to the squad,\u201d said Friend after unveiling his team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaolin Blade has done really well for us over the past few games, but it is great to have Kieran back as well. He is a really important player for us and he is fit and rearing to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have Bundee back in our midfield alongside Tom Farrell. So overall, we are strengthened by our returning players for what we expect to be a tough fixture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopskm.com\/rugby-Jerseys\/all-stars-rugby-jersey' title='cheap all stars rugby jersey'>cheap all stars rugby jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ospreys<\/p>\n<p>15 Dan Evans<br \/>14 Hanno Dirksen<br \/>13 Cory Allen<br \/>12 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler<br \/>11 Keelan Giles<br \/>10 Sam Davies<br \/>9 Harri Morgan<\/p>\n<p>1 Rhodri Jones<br \/>2 Scott Otten<br \/>3 Tom Botha<br \/>4 Lloyd Ashley<br \/>5 James King<br \/>6 Dan Lydiate<br \/>7 Olly Cracknell (Captain)<br \/>8 Rob McCusker<\/p>\n<p><em>Replacements:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>16 Scott Baldwin<br \/>17 Gareth Thomas<br \/>18 Alex Jeffries<br \/>19 James Ratti<br \/>20 Guido Volpi<br \/>21 Matthew Aubrey<br \/>22 James Hook<br \/>23 Tom Williams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Connacht:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>15. Tiernan O\u2019Halloran<br \/>14. Niyi Adeolokun<br \/>13. Tom Farrell<br \/>12. Bundee Aki<br \/>11. Cian Kelleher<br \/>10. Jack Carty<br \/>9. Kieran Marmion,<\/p>\n<p>1. Denis Buckley<br \/>2. Tom McCartney<br \/>3. Finlay Bealham<br \/>4. Ultan Dillane<br \/>5. Quinn Roux<br \/>6. Sean O\u2019Brien<br \/>7. Jarrad Butler (Captain)<br \/>8. Paul Boyle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Replacements:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>16. Shane Delahunt<br \/>17. Conan O\u2019Donnell<br \/>18. Conor Carey<br \/>19. James Cannon<br \/>20. Colby Fainga\u2019a<br \/>21. Caolin Blade<br \/>22. Conor Fitzgerald<br \/>23. Kyle Godwin<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our new podcast, Heineken Rugby Weekly on The42, here:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p  >\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONNACHT HEAD COACH Andy Friend has been able to name his strongest side for tomorrow\u2019s clash away to Pro14 conference A rivals Ospreys. The fit-again Kieran Marmion is in the starting line-up along with fellow Ireland November squad members Bundee Aki, Quinn Roux and Finlay Bealham. Bealham will be in buoyant mood travelling to Wales &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13075\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marmion back from injury as fully-loaded Connacht go to Ospreys&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}