PRO12: Ulster and Glasgow sides announced.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has rested four players for this Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Glasgow.

The team which will run out at Firhill shows four personnel changes and one positional switch from the starting XV that was defeated 20-9 by Leicester in the Heineken Cup last weekend.

Rory Best and Stephen Ferris have been rested as part of the IRFU’s player management programme, so Andi Kyriacou and Robbie Diack are direct replacements at hooker and blindside flanker. Chris Henry is also rested by McLaughlin and is replaced by Willie Faloon in the back row, but the rest of the pack remains unchanged.

In the backs, Craig Gilroy – who like Chris Henry has played in all of Ulster’s 10 games so far this season – gets a well earned break from the action. The one positional change sees Simon Danielli move from fullback to his customary wing position in place of Gilroy, while Adam D’Arcy is promoted from the bench to play at the back.

Tim Barker, Mike McComish and Ian Whitten are all named among the replacements.

Both Ulster and Glasgow emerged from the opening rounds of the Heineken Cup with one win and a . . .

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