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Fri 05 May 2007Durcan starts for ConnachtLlanelli v Connacht: Connacht coach Michael Bradley has decided to start 20-year-old former underage international Peter Durcan at outhalf, one of four changes for tonight's match. Daniel Riordan and Gavin Duffy swap places as the former goes to fullback and the latter to outside centre.Bradley has gone for physique in the back five, with Michael Swift coming into the secondrow and David Gannon switching to blindside flanker. Two of the Ireland Under-20 side that won the Grand Slam this season are included in the replacements, secondrow Andrew Browne and centre Aidan Wynne.