Ulster coach Matt Williams has made eight changes to the side that beat Llanelli for the trip to Munster in the Magner's League tomorrow.

Matt Williams has today named his starting line up to take on Munster in Cork on Saturday evening. Williams has made eight changes to the starting fifteen that defeated the Scarlets at Ravenhill in February.

Rory Best returns to captain Ulster this weekend in Matt Williams 23-man squad against Llanelli Scarlets in the Magner's League on Friday night at Ravenhill.

MUNSTER coach Declan Kidney gets a chance to utilise some of his lesser known squad members when the A team take on Ulster A in Temple Hill today, seeking a second victory over their Northern rivals (2pm).

Stephen Ferris will make his return to the Ulster side in Matt Williams first game in charge of the province against The Dragons in the Magner's League at Ravnehill on Friday.

PAUL O’CONNELL is hoping for game time in Munster’s crucial Magners League game away to Edinburgh (Murrayfield, 7.30pm).

ULSTER caretaker boss Steve Williams has given a vote of confidence to the 22 that gained the team’s first home victory since September in defeating Bourgoin last Friday for the final Heineken Cup clash against Pool 2 favourites Gloucester at Kingsholm.

Ulster Caretaker Coach Steve Williams has added Mark Bartholomeusz and Paul Steinmetz in a 24-man squad for his side's final pool game against Gloucester in the Heineken Cup on Sunday.

Ulster caretaker Coach Steve Williams has named David Humphreys and newcomer Grant Webb in an extended squad to preare for Leinster in the Magner's League at The RDS on St Stephen's Day.

Steve Williams will look to make a few changes for Ulster's tussle with The Ospreys at Ravenhill on Friday night in the return leg of the Heineken Cup.

Ulster caretaker coach Steve Williams has brought in four players, Bryn Cunningham, Mark McCrea, Matt Miles and Justin Harrison, to a 25-man squad for the Heineken Cup tie against the Ospreys at The Liberty Stadium on Friday night.

Ulster caretaker coach Steve Williams has named Rob Dewey to play against his former club Edinburgh in the Magner's League at Ravenhill on Friday night.

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ULSTER have been hit with a double whammy ahead of tonight’s opening Heineken Cup clash with Gloucester at Ravenhill. Flanker Stephen Ferris has been told he will be sidelined for up to six weeks while veteran fly-half David Humphreys is a major concern due to an ankle injury.

David Humphreys will have to come through a fitness test on a damaged ankle beofre Mark McCall can insert him at out-half for Friday's Heineken Cup opener against Gloucester at Ravenhill.

VETERAN fly-half David Humphreys makes his first Ulster start of the season with Ireland’s under-used World Cup stand-in Paddy Wallace reverting to the bench for the Magners League trip to Glasgow tonight (Firhill Arena, 7.30pm).

KIERAN CAMPBELL and Stuart Philpott return to the Ulster squad for tomorrow’s Magners League clash with in-form Glasgow Warriors at Firhill.

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Coach Mark McCall has decided to go with Ryan Caldwell and Stephen Ferris ahead of Justin Harrison and Roger Wilson, respectively, in Ulster's Magners League joust with Leinster at Ravenhill this evening.

LEINSTER and Ulster will endeavour to put the Ireland’s World Cup nightmare in the rear-view mirror on Friday night in Ravenhill — but the presence of Felipe Contepomi in the visitor’s dug-out will make that difficult.

THE Leinster squad to face Edinburgh in the opening game of the Magners League season in the RDS on Saturday (5.30pm) has been named.

FORMER Ireland prop Justin Fitzpatrick believes today’s Magners League game against the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium could be the turning point in Ulster’s season.

EUROPEAN Rugby Cup have cleared Ulster lock Matt McCullough of two misconduct charges in relation to allegations of racist language towards London Irish winger Delon Armitage last month.

SKIPPER Simon Best wants Ulster to break the French hoodoo during Sunday’s trip to Toulouse to end a dismal Heineken Cup campaign on a high.

IRELAND’S Andrew Trimble is poised to wear the number 13 jersey when Ulster travel to face Glasgow on Saturday hoping to maintain their three-point advantage at the top of the Magners League.

ULSTER cannot be overtaken as Magners League leaders, even if arch-rivals Leinster pull off a victory in the last match at the old Lansdowne Road stadium on Sunday.

BALLYMENA flanker Chris Henry and Belfast Harlequins wing Paul McKenzie have been included in a 24-man Ulster squad ahead of the Magners League derby against Connacht at Ravenhill on St Stephen’s Day.

ULSTER’S Roger Wilson admits the criticisms endured after Saturday’s Heineken Cup disaster at the Madejski Stadium were justified.

ULSTER’S former London Irish flanker Kieron Dawson has warned his teammates to “beware of the wounded animal” ahead of today’s decisive Pool Five clash at the Madejski Stadium in Reading (3.30pm).

LEINSTER can count themselves unlucky not to have doubled their pickings at a gale-lashed Ravenhill on Saturday after holding Magners League leaders Ulster to a draw following a game of real old-fashioned rugby.

PAUL McKENZIE will start the biggest game of his short career when he lines-out against Leinster in the eagerly-awaited Magners League clash at Ravenhill this evening (7.30pm).

MUNSTER will be without Irish hooker Frankie Sheahan yet again when they take on Ulster in the Magners League at Musgrave Park tonight (7.30pm).

NEW Munster rugby signing Tim McGann of Australian provincial side Eastern Suburbs turned down a Super 14 contract with the NSW Waratahs in favour of the Heineken Cup champions.

ROGER WILSON aims to make up for lost time when Ulster face a tough Heineken Cup re-match with Saracens at Vicarage Road at lunchtime today.

Ireland international Shane Byrne will be at hooker when Saracens make the difficult trip to meet in-form Ulster at Ravenhill tomorrow night.

Graham Henry can expect an Australian Rugby Union apology following a beer-spraying incident after the Lions’ tour opener against Western Australia in Perth.