Connacht will try to put speculation regarding the province's future to the back of their minds tomorrow evening when they take on Narbonne in the first leg of their Parker Pen Challenge Cup tie.
Coach Steph Nel has made five changes from the side that was convincingly defeated in the Celtic League by Munster last weekend.
The pack has been reshuffled with Eric Peters and Michael Swift starting in the back row while Jerry Flannery earns a call-up to replace injured hooker Marnus Uijis,
In the back division, Eoin Reddan will pull the strings at scrum-half and Wayne Munn returns to the side to fill the left-wing berth.
Connacht: M. McHugh; G. Duffy, D. Yapp, S. Moore, W. Munn; E. Elwood, E. Reddan; R. McCormack, J. Flannery, P. Bracken; D. Browne, R. Frost; M. Swift, E. Peters, J. O'Sullivan.
Replacements: F. Boiroux, H. Bourke, C. Rigney, J. O'Connor, C. Keane, T. Robinson, J. Norton.