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Connacht have made three changes to their side for Saturday's Celtic League visit of the Blues to the Sportsground.

With Eric Elwood injured Paul Warwick moves to fly-half, so Conor McPhillips is at wing and Darren Yapp at centre.

Stephen Knoop is fit to resume at tight-head in place of Peter Bracken, John O'Sullivan comes in at No 8 so John Muldoon switches to blind-side.

Blues scrum-half Ryan Powell returns from injury, but Martyn Williams and Craig Quinnell are still unavailable.

Tom Shanklin continues as the Cardiff side's skipper in the absence of Williams.

Two other changes in the team that beat Ulster last week see the return of Dean Dewdney in place of Fereti Tuilagi on the wing and Rhys Thomas instead of Gareth Williams at hooker.

LAST LEAGUE RESULT 24 September: Blues 31-6 Connacht

Connacht are able to name a strong bench, which includes Michael Swift, plus the fit-again pair of Dan McFarland and Mark McHugh.

The Blues, who ended an eight-game losing streak with Sunday's Heineken Cup victory over Ulster, have won their last three encounters with Connacht.

"We hope the boys can kick on from the Ulster game, but there's no doubt they will have to play a lot better if they are to get a result in Connacht," said Blues coach Dai Young.

"Hopefully with a little bit of extra confidence we can build a better performance."

Connacht: M Mostyn; C McPhillips, D Yapp, J Downey, T Robinson; P Warwick, C Keane; R Hogan, B Jackman, S Knoop, C Short, A Farley, J Muldoon, M Lacey, J O'Sullivan.
Replacements: D McFarland, J Fogarty, P Myburgh, M Swift, T Tierney, D Slemen, M McHugh.

Blues: C Morgan; J Vaughton, T Shanklin (capt), T Davies, D Dewdney; N MacLeod, R Powell; J Yapp, R Thomas, G Jenkins, D Jones, R Sidoli, N Thomas, R Sowden-Taylor, K Schubert.
Replacements: S James, L Thomas, J Bryant, M Molitika, N Budgett, G Williams, M Jones.

Referee: Malcolm Changleng (SRU).