Mack Hansen, Bundee Aki, Finlay Bealham and Cian Prendergast may not feature until the Christmas derby games.
CONNACHT ’S FOUR IRISH internationals may be held back for the Christmas derby games and not feature over the next two weekends in Europe.
Advertisement Connacht are in Europe’s second tier competition after failing to finish in the top half of last season’s URC and with a home league clash against Leinster coming five days after their second Challenge Cup game in France, the Irish players may not play away to Perpignan on Sunday week. “We’ll ramp them back up to playing, whether that’s Perpignan or whether that’s for Leinster the following week, we’ll treat each one individually.”
Wilkins said they were taking the Challenge Cup seriously this season but that it was also an opportunity to give fringe players an opportunity to impress.
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