Connacht Release Squad Update ahead of Champions Cup

Ahead of Saturday’s Champions Cup opener to Toulouse at the Sportsground, the Connacht Rugby medical team have provided the following update.

Tom McCartney will remain out of action until the end of November following the hamstring injury sustained v Edinburgh.

Denis Buckley will be unavailable until November with the knee injury he sustained v Edinburgh.

Matt Healy has undergone surgery for the hand injury he sustained v Edinburgh and will be unavailable until the end of November.

Quinn Roux is recovering from a concussion sustained in training last week and continues to go through the Return-To-Play protocols.

Sean O’Brien has recovered from the ankle injury sustained in pre-season and has been reintegrated to full training.

Eoin McKeon is recovering well from the chest injury that resulted in him coming off against Ulster at the weekend.
Kieran Marmion is recovering from the calf injury he sustained v Edinburgh and hopes to be available to train this week.

Peter Robb sustained a hip injury in training last week and is undergoing rehabilitation with the medical and fitness staff.

Eoin Griffin (hamstring) and Rory Parata (knee) are due to integrate into team training this week after recovering from their respective injuries.

Connacht v Toulouse
the Sportsground
Saturday, 15th October
Kick-off: 17:30

Referee: Luke Pearce (Eng)
Assistant Ref: Matthew O’Grady (Eng)
Assistant Ref: Jonathan Healy (Eng)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (Eng)
Citing Commissioner: Dennis Jones (Wal)