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Aki and Te’o debut for Connacht and Leinster

Bundee Aki will make his debut for Connacht tomorrow night away to the Ospreys. The 24-year-old ...



Aki and Te’o debut for Connach...
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Aki and Te’o debut for Connacht and Leinster

Bundee Aki will make his debut for Connacht tomorrow night away to the Ospreys.

The 24-year-old ex-Chiefs midfielder starts at outside centre, where he'll be partnered by Craig Ronaldson.

Ireland-squad trio Kieran Marmion, Rodney Ah You and Darragh Leader have all been temporarily released from the international training camp to play a part in tomorrow's game - with Marmion and Ah You included in the starting 15.

Mayo-born prop Jamie Dever is in line to make his senior Connacht debut. The 21-year-old re-joined the Connacht Academy this season following a year-long sabbatical that allowed him to recover from a foot injury. 

Rugby league convert Ben Te'o makes his debut at outside centre for Leinster in tomorrow's clash with Edinburgh at the RDS.

Coach Matt O'Connor hasn't been able to call on Jordi Murphy, Dave Kearney and Fergus McFadden for tomorrow's team, but all three should be available for the next game with Treviso in November. 

Kevin McLaughlin returns after a knee injury to captain the side form the back row, in one of eight changes to the team that beat Castres away in the Champions Cup last week.

The Leinster line-up is:

15. Zane Kirchner
14. Darragh Fanning
13. Ben Te'o
12. Noel Reid
11. Luke Fitzgerald 
10. Jimmy Gopperth 
9. Luke McGrath 
1. Michael Bent
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Tadhg Furlong 
4. Tom Denton
5. Kane Douglas
6. Kevin McLaughlin CAPTAIN
7. Dominic Ryan
8. Jack Conan 

Replacements: 
16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne 
18. Peter Dooley
19. Ben Marshall 
20. Dan Leavy 
21. Isaac Boss
22. Steve Crosbie
23. Mick McGrath 

 

The 

Connacht side to play Ospreys
 
15. Shane Layden
14. Niyi Adeolokun

13. Bundee Aki

12. Craig Ronaldson 
 
11. Matt Healy
10. Jack Carty

9. Kieran Marmion
1. Denis Buckley
2. Jason Harris-Wright

3. Rodney Ah You

4. Mick Kearney

5. Quinn Roux

6. John Muldoon (captain)

7. Eoin McKeon

8. George Naoupu
 
Replacements:
16. Dave Heffernan
17. Jamie Dever

18. JP Cooney

19. Andrew Browne

20. Willie Faloon

21. Ian Porter

22. Dave McSharry

23. Darragh Leader

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