Teamsheets: Newcastle Falcons v Connacht
Click here for details of the Newcastle and Connacht team line-ups for tonight’s Challenge Cup quarter-final. The westerners have left a vacancy at out-half due to Paul Warwick’s hamstring injury.
…Mike McCarthy in action for Connacht against the Ospreys last season. The London-born flanker will line out against the province in tonight’s Challenge Cup quarter-final in Newcastle…
– FRIDAY, MARCH 31 –
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP: QUARTER-FINAL:
NEWCASTLE FALCONS v CONNACHT, Kingston Park Stadium, 7.30pm
Newcastle Falcons: Matthew Burke; Tom May, Jamie Noon, Mark Mayerhofler, Anthony Elliott; Toby Flood, Hall Charlton; Jonny Williams, Matt Thompson, Micky Ward, Luke Gross, Geoff Parling, Mike McCarthy, Cory Harris, Colin Charvis (capt).
Replacements: Robbie Morris, Andy Long, Andy Perry, Owen Finegan, Ben Woods, James Grindal, David Walder.
Connacht: Mark McHugh; Matt Mostyn, Andrew Mailei, Keith Matthews, Conor McPhillips; Paul Warwick/David Slemen, Chris Keane; Ray Hogan, John Fogarty, Stephen Knoop, David Gannon, Andrew Farley (capt), John Muldoon, Matt Lacey, Colm Rigney.
Replacements: Joe Merrigan, Adrian Clarke, Christian Short, Michael Swift, Tom Tierney, Paul Warwick/David Slemen/Ted Robinson, Gavin Williams.
Referee: Eric Darriere (France); Touch Judges: Hakim Hadj-Bachir, Stefan Pomerade (both France); Television Match Official: Daniel Gillet (France)