Ulster have named a 28 man provisional squad ahead of the visit of the Dragons to Ravenhill on Friday night (kick off 7.05pm).
Brian McLaughlin’s side return to action in the RaboDirect PRO12 after a five week break. They will be without South African loose forward Pedrie Wannenburg who has been ruled out with a foot injury, while Darren Cave and Declan Fitzpatrick remain sidelined.
Paddy Wallace, Chris Henry, Dan Tuohy have been retained in the Ireland 6 Nations squad along with Rory Best, Andrew Trimble, Tom Court and Stephen Ferris who all featured in the loss to Wales on Sunday. Winger Simon Danielli continues his involvement with the Scotland squad.
Academy players Michael Allen, Chris Cochrane, Ali Birch and Conor Gaston are all named in the extended squad and will compete for the place in the match day 23.
Ulster have won three of their last four matches in the RaboDirect PRO12, whilst their only defeat at Ravenhill in their last 16 was 12-23 to Treviso in October. The Ulstermen have not lost at home to a Welsh region since Dragons themselves were the visitors in April 2010.
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