Connacht Michael Bradley has made one change to his squad for the Magners League clash against Glasgow Warriors on Friday evening.
Former USA international Alipate Tuilevuka, a member of the extended Connacht squad who plays with Galwegians, comes into the match 22 for Darren Yapp, who is unavailable
Bradley has urged his players to bounce back from the disappointing loss to Llanelli Scarlets at the weekend.
"We were disappointed with the result," he said. "We had a good start in the game but in relation to playing Llanelli in Llanelli, you need to keep a tight reign on them.
"We did it for the first 20 minutes, then we had one or two loose passes and they capitalised. At 13-3 at half time we were reasonably confident that if we could get some field position we'd do fine.
"It went to 13-6 and then we had a lineout in their 22 which they turned over and scored directly from which made a mountain to climb after that.
"We had a couple of opportunities earlier on in the first half and if we'd taken them we could've put a lot of pressure on them.
"But we didn't take them and as the game went on this Llanelli side grew in confidence and the crowd got behind them and in the end they thoroughly deserved their victory," he said.
Bradley expects it to be a tight affair in Glasgow on Friday evening but he says they will go there with confidence.
"Traditionally this has been a difficult away fixture for us. We've been competitive but haven't won the games.
"I think Glasgow always would see the Connacht fixture as a must win game for them and we're going to do the same. I think the scoreline will be tight but the game itself will be quite loose.
"They've some powerful centres and they stick a lot of traffic through the centre of the park and if we can handle that which we haven't in the past then it could be a good night for us."
Connacht (squad):Mel Deane, Tim Donnelly, Peter Durcan, Adrian Flavin, John Fogarty, David Gannon, Ronan Loughney, Keith Matthews, Michael McCarthy, Conor McPhillips, Robbie Morris, John Muldoon, Johnny O'Connor, Ray Ofisa, Conor O'Loughlin, Colm Rigney, Daniel Riordan, Michael Swift, Ofisa Treviranus, Alipate Tuilevuka, Brett Wilkinson, Aidan Wynne.
