Connacht v Glasgow: There is no shame in losing to Cardiff (21-18), but Connacht's recent performances set a high benchmark for the province.

Any hopes of finishing in the upper echelons must be underpinned by victory today.

But the Scottish side are no longer the patsies their early results suggested.

Connacht coach Michael Bradley again makes wholesale changes in a bid to complete a double over today's opposition, having won at Hughenden.

There are six changes in the pack, including the return of Irish panellist Bernard Jackman at hooker and a new back row in Paul Neville, Tom Carter and John O'Sullivan.

Glasgow will be hoping to celebrate hooker Alan Bulloch's personal milestone with a victory. It will be his 122nd game for Glasgow, overtaking the record set by Tommy Hayes between 1998 and his departure at the end of last season.

Bulloch is in an unchanged team after the 27-25 victory against Ulster at Hughenden last Friday. The decision to stay with that starting XV from the game against the league leaders means no place for Dan Parks, Glasgow's newest international player, or Andy Hall. Both are on the replacements bench.

Glasgow will be tough but the Irish province should be able to return to winning ways.

CONNACHT: M McHugh; M Mostyn, D Yapp, S Moore, C McPhillips; E Elwood, C O'Loughlin; D McFarland, B Jackman, A Clarke; M McCarthy, A Farley; P Neville, J O'Sullivan, T Carter. Replacements: J Fogarty, F Boiroux, D Browne, M Swift, M Walls, D Hewitt, T Robinson.

GLASGOW: G Metcalfe; R Kerr, G Morrison, A Bulloch, S Lamont; C Howarth, G Beveridge; E Murray, S Lawson, A Kelly; J Beardshaw, N Ross; P Dearlove, J Petrie (capt), D Macfadyen. Replacements: S Gunn, L Harrison, A Hall, R Reid, S Pinder, D Parks, D Millard.

Referee: H Watkins (Wales).

Verdict: Connacht.

John O'Sullivan