Higgins named on Connacht squad

CONOR Higgins from Shannonbridge has been included in the Connacht squad for their final Magners League game of the season against Glasgow Warriors at Firhill Arena tonight (Friday, 7.45pm). A member of the Connacht academy, Higgins is included among the replacements for the clash with the Scottish side. The 20-year-old prop plays his club rugby with Athlone side Buccaneers. The Connacht team shows one change from their last outing. Hooker Adrian Flavin will start with Sean Cronin - one of five Connacht players this week called into the Irish senior squad for the summer tour to Canada and the United States - reverting to the replacements. Connacht: T Nathan; F Carr, G Duffy, K Matthews, L Bibo; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, A Flavin, R Loughney; M Swift, A Farley; A Browne, R Ofisa, J Muldoon (C). Replacements: S Cronin, C Higgins, D Gannon, C Rigney, C O"Loughlin, A Dunne, M Deane.