Women: Teams up for Ulster v Connacht.

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Ulster and Connacht have announced their squads for the final Inter Provincial match, which takes place Saturday afternoon at Portadown Rugby Club. KO 15:00.

Their are two personnel changes to the squad with Amy Davis (above) returning to the back three and Beth Cregan making her first appearance this season as back row replacement.

Ulster’s coaches Philip Doyle and Jarrett Truscott have also switched around their starting front row with Sorcha Chipperfield and Nikita Armstrong getting the nod ahead of Shannon Heapes and Ilse van Staden.

It’s a bit of a crunch match, with both teams having lost their previous two outings and Ulster, under their new coaching team, will be keen to end the series with a win to back up the substantial improvement they have made this season.  However Connacht will start the game as favourites having pushed Munster and Leinster considerably closer than Ulster managed this season.

In reality Ulster have used their previous two games as a warm up for this one, so bereft have . . .

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