Team news: Irish international Tommy Bowe will make his Ospreys debut when they travel to Galway to take on Connacht in their Magners League opener at the Sportsground on Friday night.
Bowe, who left Ulster at the end of last season, will start on the left wing and is part of the starting XV ahead of Welsh flyer Shane Williams, who starts from the bench.
Meanwhile Michael Bradley has named a 22-man squad ahead of the game.
Adrian Flavin, Troy Nathan and Andrew Browne have all been brought into the squad since the province's 24-12 victory over the Queensland Reds in pre-season.
Connacht have the rare distinction of winning every match on the opening day of the Magners League, a trend they hope to continue on Friday.
Kick-off is at 6.30pm.
Connacht squad: L Bibo, A Browne, K Campbell, F Carr, S Cronin, G Duffy, A Farley, A Flavin, J Hearty, I Keatley, R Loughney, K Matthews, M McCarthy, R Morris, J Muldoon, F Murphy, T Nathan, R Ofisa, C Rigney, M Swift, B Wilkinson, A Wynne.
Ospreys: L Byrne, N Walker, S Parker, A Bishop, T Bowe, J Hook, R Webb, R Jones (C), M Holah, A Lloyd, I Evans, I Gough, C Griffiths, H Bennett, P James.
Replacements: E Shervington, D Jones, A Wyn Jones, F Tiatia, R Wells, G Owen, S Williams
