Christian Lealiifano, John Cooney and Jean Deysel are set to be handed their debuts in Ulster’s clash with Toyota Cheetahs tomorrow evening.
Cooney and Lealiifano occupy the half back positions while Deysel lines up alongside Chris Henry at flanker. Henry captains the side. A big welcome back to Marcell Coetzee who is named at No.8 after a long lay off due to a shoulder injury.
In the back line, an interesting call sees Tommy Bowe occupy the 13 jersey despite Darren Cave being named on the bench. Bowe joins Stuart McCloskey in the centre. Possibly the biggest decision has Charles Piutau starting at fullback and Louis Ludik start on the wing despite Piutau playing his best rugby last year on the wing. Andrew Trimble completes the backline.
Ulster’s forwards are still relatively strong despite several absences and injuries. Rob Herring assumes hooking duties with Kyle McCall and Wiehahn Herbst either side of him as props. Robbie Diack and Alan O’Connor retain their second row spots from the match against Northampton while Reidy only makes . . .
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