Six of Ulster’s World Cup players have gone straight into the starting XV to face Scarlets tomorrow afternoon at the Parc y Scarlets (kick off 3pm).
Head Coach Brian McLaughlin has made a total of seven personnel changes and two positional switches for the RaboDirect PRO12 clash. Johann Muller returns to captain the side from the second row, where he is resumes his partnership with Dan Tuohy. Ireland prop Tom Court will join Andi Kyriacou and Declan Fitzpatrick in the front row. The back row remains unchanged from the lastmatch against Treviso, with Pedrie Wanneneburg and Mike McComish on the flanks and Chris Henry at number 8.
Paul Marshall makes way for returning Springbok Ruan Pienaar at scrumhalf, with Ian Humphreys starting in the number 10 jersey and Paddy Wallace and Nevin Spence occupying the centre positions. Andrew Trimble and Craig Gilroy have been named on the wings, with Simon Danielli starting at fullback.
McLaughlin is confident the returning players will benefit the team: “We’ve had a very positive week with Johann at the helm as captain and we’re looking to put in a positive performance on Saturday. When you ad in Andrew, Simon, Paddy, Tom . . .
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