Griffen out with knee injury

Rugby: Connacht coach Eric Elwood has made just one switch to his team for tomorrow’s RaboDirect Pro12 game against the Dragons…

Rugby:Connacht coach Eric Elwood has made just one switch to his team for tomorrow's RaboDirect Pro12 game against the Dragons at Rodney Parade. Tongan international Fetu'u Vainikolo starts on the wing with Kyle Tonetti moving to his more familiar position of centre to replace Eoin Griffin.

The latter picked up a knee injury in the inter-provincial defeat by Munster last Saturday. The pack remains the same and following last week’s impressive performance in the scrum and lineout.

Connacht:G Duffy; Fetu'u Vainikolo, K Tonetti, H Fa'afili, T O'Halloran; M Nikora, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, E Reynecke, R Loughney; M Swift, M McCarthy; M Kearney, R Ofisa, M Muldoon. Replacements: A Flavin, F Bealham, R Ah You, E McKeon, E Grace, P O'Donohoe, M Jarvis, D McSharry.

Dragons:W Harries; T Chavanga, A Tuilagi, A Smith, A Brew; L Robling, W Evans; P Price, S Jones, N Buck; L Charteris (capt), R Sidoli; D Lydiate, J Groves, T Faletau. Replacements: S Parry, N Williams, D Way, L Evans, T Brown, J Bedford, A Hughes, S Jones

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