Heineken Cup new boys, Connacht, will host French aristocrats and the tournament's most successful side, Toulouse, when they play for the first time on home soil.

The Irish province, who are in their first season of Heineken Cup rugby, will welcome the four-times European champions to the Sportsground in Galway on Saturday evening.

Connacht will play their 100th game of European rugby this weekend, with 98 of those having been in the Challenge Cup, were on the end of a 25-17 to Harlequins in their tournament opener in the English capital last weekend.

Toulouse are expected to attract a 9,000 sell-out crowd at one of the most unique grounds in world rugby and a venue where Connacht have won their last seven games in European competition.

The French giants were pushed all the way by Gloucester in their opening game of this campaign but have won 8 of their 13 games against Irish opposition in European competition.

The teams:

Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Tiernan O'Halloran, 13 Eoin Griffin, 12 Dave McSharry, 11 Brian Tuohy, 10 Miah Nikor, 9 Paul O'Donohoe, 8 George Naoupu, 7 John Muldoon, 6 Mike McCarthy, 5 Dave Gannon, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Rodney Ah You, 2 Adrian Flavin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Dylan Rogers, 19 TJ Anderson, 20 Ray Ofisa, 21 Frank Murphy, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Henry Fa'afili.

Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Maxime Medard, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Vincent Clerc, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Grégory Lamboley, 3 Census Johnston, 2 William Servat, 1 Yohan Montes.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Johnson Falefa, 19 Romain Millo-Chluski, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Yannick Nyanga, 22 Luke McAlister, 23 Gillian Galan.

Date: Saturday, November 19
Venue: Sportsground, Galway
Kick-off: 18.00; 18.00 GMT
Referee: Greg Garner (England)