Treviso 13 Ulster 32: Stuart Olding scored a try on his return to action for Ulster as they secured a bonus-point 32-13 Pro12 victory over Treviso at the Stadio Monigo.

Ulster 56 Oyannax 3: Eight tries, all converted, and a clinically attacking Ulster got the bonus point win over Oyannax on Saturday at the Kingspan Stadium needed to prolong – for 24 hours at least – hopes of a Champions Cup quarter-final spot.

Veteran Ian Humphreys has been rugby’s forgotten man recently, but it doesn’t stop the fly-half having goals as he looks ahead to Ulster’s trip to Oyonnax this weekend.

Tonight: Thomond Park, 6pm

Ireland World Cup players Simon Zebo and Donnacha Ryan look set to be in the Munster squad for Friday’s eagerly- awaited Guinness Pro12 clash with Ulster at Thomond Park (kick-off 6pm).

Discarded Ireland wing Andrew Trimble gets a chance to show what he is made off as Ulster’s quest for Guinness Pro12 success begins in earnest at the Kingspan Stadium this evening when Ospreys are the visitors.

International centre Luke Marshall is likely to start as an emergency fly-half when Ulster play the Ospreys in the Guinness Pro12 opener at the Kingspan Stadium tomorrow night.

Ireland international wingers Tommy Bowe and Andrew Trimble start for Ulster in the pre-season game against Edinburgh at Goldenacre tonight (6:30).

Ulster 21 Leinster 24: A little half-time word in the ears of his charges gave new Leinster head coach Leo Cullen a perfect start to his tenure with what was in the end a comfortable warm-up victory over Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium last night.

When Ulster coach Neil Doak named 33 players in his matchday panel for tonight’s friendly with Leinster (7.30pm), he said he was throwing down a challenge in his squad.

Glasgow 32 Ulster 10

Roared on by a sell-out crowd, Glasgow scored a come-back bonus point 32-10 win after they had trailed 10-6 to Ulster at half-time.

Ulster head coach Neil Doak has decided that though a win in Glasgow this afternoon is both possible and rich with reward, he’ll put the Top Four play-offs at the top of his list of priorities.

Ian Humphreys finally makes his 100th Ulster appearance tonight (7.35pm) when the Scarlets visit a sold-out Kingspan Stadium.

Guiness Pro12

Edinburgh 17 Ulster 20

Ian Humphreys will again be dictating matters for Ulster when they travel to face in-form Edinburgh at Murrayfield this evening.

Craig Gilroy will become the youngest player to win 100 caps for Ulster when he lines out against Benetton Treviso at Kingspan Stadium tomorrow night, kick off 7.35pm.

Leicester’s already remote hopes of making the European Champions Cup quarter-finals were finally extinguished as Ulster ended their own disappointing campaign with a 26-7 bonus point win in Belfast.

European Champions Cup Pool 3

Ospreys 31 Ulster 20

Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb crossed twice as Ospreys went top of the Guinness Pro 12 with a bonus point victory over Ulster at the Liberty Stadium.

If there is one person Ulster have missed more than any other during an injury-plagued 2014, it has been their cultured scrum-half Ruan Pienaar.

Scarlets 22 Ulster 13

Scarlets 22 Ulster 13

Ulster delivered their first win of their European Champions Cup campaign at a vital time in their bid to avoid early elimination with their try bonus victory moving them off the bottom of Pool Three and setting them up nicely for Sunday week's return fixture at the Scarlets.

The big guns are back from Ireland duty, Thomond Park is a sell-out and Munster fans are finally getting the Saturday evening European blockbuster they have craved.

The Thomond Park factor might not be enough to unsettle Clermont Auvergne on Saturday if Munster gift them 12 easy and early points the way they did against Ulster, Donncha O’Callaghan has warned.

GUINNESS PRO12:

Munster 21 Ulster 20

GUINNESS PRO12:

Two of Ulster’s young international hopefuls are preparing themselves for a real Thomond Park battle against Munster.

Rory Best will start for Ulster against Munster in tomorrow's match at Thomond Park while Munster coach Anthony Foley has named a strong squad bolstered by a number of returning internationals.

Ulster 25 Ospreys 16

Ulster responded to two weekends of European disappointment with a much-needed victory on their return to Guinness PRO12 action when they saw off the injury-ravaged Newport Gwent Dragons.

Ulster 13 Toulon 23

Leicester put indifferent domestic form behind them as they made a strong start to their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign by sinking Ulster 25-18 at Welford Road.

Ulster’s big Springbok lock Franco van der Merwe knows the score. With second-row partners dropping like flies, he knows he will have to step up to the plate in what will be his first taste of European rugby when Neil Doak’s men head to Welford Road to face the Leicester Tigers.