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Live rugby action returns to the Sportsground next Friday for the first of Connacht’s pre-season friendlies of the 2015/16 season, against French side FC Grenoble.

In the finale of the Guinness Pro 12 League season, Connacht host the league leaders Ospreys at the Galway Sportsground on Saturday (3pm) needing a win to give them a chance of achieving their seasonal goal.

Connacht know anything but a win against Zebre on Saturday evening (5.30pm) will end their season.

Connacht know anything but a win against Zebre on Saturday evening (5.30pm) will end their season.

All the odds are stacked against the home side when Connacht face league leaders Glasgow Warriors tomorrow lunchtime in the Galway Sportsground. Continuing injuries have robbed Pat Lam of 13 members of his 40-strong squad - the smallest in the Pro 12 League - and when up against a Scottish team that boasts 37 players with international experience, the challenge facing Connacht is as daunting as ever.

All the odds are stacked against the home side when Connacht face league leaders Glasgow Warriors on Saturday (1.05pm) at the Galway Sportsground.

Connacht, maintaining sixth place in this season’s Guinness Pro 12 League, enter a crunch period that could well determine their European qualification hopes.

Connacht coach Pat Lam has made just one change to the starting 15 for this evening’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Edinburgh from the side that beat Munster in the Sportsground on New Year’s Day.

Connacht cannot afford to take the eye off the ball despite celebrating one of their most significant wins of the season last weekend.

Pat Lam is expected to make a number of changes to Connacht’s travelling squad to France for the second of the back-to-back European Challenge Cup fixtures with Bayonne.