Hooker Bernard Jackman, flanker Matt Lacey and wing Ted Robinson are the three men promoted for Connacht’s meeting with Llanelli Scarlets in the Celtic League at Athlone on Friday.
John Fogarty, Mark McHugh and John O’Sullivan have been sidelined with injury. The replacements will be named later in the week.
CONNACHT (v Llanelli): Matt Mostyn; Conor McPhillips, Paul Warwick, Darren Yapp, Ted Robinson; David Slemen, Tom Tierney; Ray Hogan, Bernard Jackman, Peter Bracken, Christian Short, Andrew Farley (Captain), Michael Swift, Matt Lacey, John Muldoon.