Flanker Johnny O'Connor has lost his fitness battle and misses out on Connacht's Challenge Cup clash with Rovigo at the Sportsground.
The former Ireland player picked up a calf injury in last weekend's 35-30 victory away to the Italian outfit and failed to make it into Michael Bradley's 14-man squad for the return fixture.
Centre Keith Mathews is still a doubt and Mel Deane has been brought in as cover in midfield, while Brian McGovern is also named as prop Ronan Loughney picked up a knock in last week's encounter.
CONNACHT (Squad):A Browne, K Campbell, F Carr, S Cronin, M Deane, T Donnelly, G Duffy, A Farley, A Flavin, D Gannon, J Hearty, I Keatley, R Loughney, J Lyne, K Matthews, M McCarthy, B McGovern, R Morris, F Murphy, T Nathan, R Ofisa, D Riordan, M Swift, B Wilkinson.
