Ulster have no fresh injury worries ahead of their Heineken Cup Pool 4 match at Welford Road on Saturday.
They started their campaign with an impressive 16-11 win over Clermont Auvergne at the weekend but there are no casualties from the bruising encounter.
John Afoa is unavailable this week after he returned to act as best man at fellow All Black Jerome Kaino’s wedding, a commitment Ulster Rugby were aware of, but decided not to tell the supporters, when he arrived ahead of schedule earlier this month. Ruan Pienaar, Luke Marshall and Jerry Cronin remain sidelined through injury or do they?
After starring for Dungannon 2nds on Saturday both Justin Fitzpatrick and Paddy Johns have been called into the extended squad as cover for the front five.
Leicester recorded a 12-28 victory away over Aironi in Round 1 so both sides the winner of Saturday’s match will occupy first position going into the double headers in December.
The two sides last met in the 2003/04 tournament with Ulster absolutely hammering Leicester 33-0 in what must have been one of the drunkest Sundays ever witnessed by this reporter. Things got a bit messy in Madisons . . .
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