Les Kiss has made five changes for the visit of La Rochelle in Ulster Rugby’s fifth match in the 2017/2018 Champions Cup group stage.
Craig Gilroy returns to the right wing after missing the match against Leinster while Dave Shanahan could make his first appearance since round five of the Guinness PRO14 if he comes off the bench.
It’s an unchanged front row of Callum Black, Rory Best and Rodney Ah You from the humiliation in the RDS last Saturday. Alan O’Connor returns to the second row to replace Pete Browne and is joined by Iain Henderson. Jean Deysel drops out of the back row with Nick Timoney taking his place. Both Matthew Rea and Sean Reidy remain as Ulster’s flankers.
Christian Lealiifano partners John Cooney at half back for the very last time at the Kingspan Stadium. Stuart McCloskey starts at inside centre for the third game in a row while Louis Ludik recovers from an illness which ruled him out of the matches against Munster and Leinster to start at 13 . . .
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