Bracken keeps Connacht place

Rugby News: Connacht coach Michael Bradley has made just one change to the side which lost to Harlequins in the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final first leg at the Stoop for Sunday's return game at the Sportsground (1 p.m.).

Peter Bracken, who came on as a replacement the last day, is preferred to Adrian Clarke at tighthead prop. Bracken has only recently regained full fitness after a cruciate knee injury.

Bradley avoided the temptation to make further changes to a Connacht side that lost 31-22 at the Stoop.

One problem area for the province that day was the influence England and Lions international Will Greenwood exerted on the match. He proved a handful for the Connacht midfield, opening up the defence time and again.

Meanwhile Harlequins have made four changes to the team that beat Connacht, all in the pack. Hooker Tana Fuga is suspended following a citing in the first leg in which he was deemed guilty of stamping on Damien Browne. He is replaced by James Hayter. There is a further change in the front row with Ceri Jones preferred to Mike Worsley, the latter dropping to the bench.

Karl Rudzki is named in the second row in preference to the six foot seven inch Jim Evans, who doesn't make the match 22. Pat Sanderson missed the first game through injury but is restored to the blindside flank in place of Roy Winters.