Ulster’s Nevin Spence hopes to avoid the blues when he runs-up against Gavin Henson in Cardiff’s traditional Arms Park home tonight.

Brian McLaughlin has made four personnel and three positional changes for Ulster’s important RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Cardiff on Friday (7.05pm).

Ulster will have all their peripheral Ireland players available for Friday’s RaboDirect Pro 12 League clash against the Blues at the Arms Park.

Ulster have been rocked by the loss of influential skipper Johann Muller ahead of tonight’s RaboDirect Pro12 League clash against the Dragons at Ravenhill.

Ulster have named Paddy Wallace and Dan Tuohy in their team to face Dragons in the RaboDirect PRO12 at Ravenhill on Friday (7.05pm), in the hope they will be released from the Irish 6 Nations squad.

SCOTLAND head coach Andy Robinson has named a 36-man squad for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations, featuring six uncapped players.

Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has named a 36-man squad for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations, featuring six uncapped players.

ULSTER skipper Johann Muller says he will not have to say much to psyche up the team ahead of Friday’s RaboDirect Pro12 derby clash with Munster at Ravenhill.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has handed competitive debuts to five players for the RaboDirect PRO12 clash against Leinster at the RDS on Monday (kick off 5.30).

IRELAND hooker Rory Best has demanded maximum points from Ulster’s next two Heineken Cup fixtures with Aironi if the province is to repeat last year’s run to the quarter-finals.

Stephen Ferris, Rory Best, John Afoa, Chris Henry and Craig Gilroy have all been included in Brian McLaughlin’s extended 33 man squad for the crucial RaboDirect PRO12 game against Scarlets at Ravenhill on Friday (7.05pm).

PAUL MARSHALL is looking forward to what could be his last start for Ulster in the RaboDirect Pro 12 League for quite a while.

The Ulster team which will run out against Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect PRO12 at Firhill tomorrow (7.35pm) 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.

EASY to forget now after their blazing finish to the season but there was a point early in the last campaign when Leinster were pinned on the ropes.

ULSTER could not breach Leicester’s tryline at Welford Road on Saturday as the home side dug out an important win over a determined Ulster at Welford Road.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin been forced into two changes to his starting team for the Heineken Cup Pool 4 clash with Leicester Tigers on Saturday (6pm).

ULSTER coach Brian McLaughlin wants a helping of the same intensity and physicality from his pack when they head to the Leicester Tigers liar at Welford Road on Saturday for the second instalment of their Heineken Cup campaign.

ULSTER coach Brian McLaughlin admitted he was totally exhausted and mentally drained after his side came back from the dead to get their Heineken Cup challenge off to awinning start.

Brian McLaughlin has named an unchanged team for Ulster's opening Heineken Cup Pool 4 match against ASM Clermont Auvergne in Ravenhill tomorrow (3.40pm).

ULSTER are still hoping to include 37-times capped Springbok utility back Stefan Terblanche in their match-day squad for Saturday’s Heineken Cup opener at Ravenhill against French giants Clermont Auvergne.

Brian McLaughlin has today named a strong preliminary squad ahead of Saturday's Heineken Cup Pool 4 clash against ASM Clermont Auvergne (Ravenhill, kick-off 3.40pm).

DARREN CAVE looked like a man who had been hit by a steamroller after Ulster finally broke their four-game losing sequence thanks to a hard-earned, but thoroughly deserved victory over derby rivals Connacht at Ravenhill.

ULSTER’S All Black World Cup winner John Afoa is relishing his provincial debut in today’s RaboDirect Pro 12 derby clash with Connacht at Ravenhill.

John Afoa will go straight into the starting line up for Ulster's game against Connacht at Ravenhill on Saturday (5.35pm).

ULSTER hope to include Ireland’s Rory Best and World Cup winner John Afoa in their starting line-up for Saturday’s RaboDirect Pro12 derby against Connacht at Ravenhill.

ULSTER coach Brian McLaughlin conceded his side have plenty to work on following their 24-17 loss to Scarlets on Saturday.

IRELAND winger Andrew Trimble hopes to vent his frustrations this afternoon when he lines-out against the Scarlets in Llanelli.

Six of Ulster's World Cup players have gone straight into the starting XV to face Scarlets in the RaboDirect PRO12 tomorrow at the Parc y Scarlets.

Six World Cup players will make a welcome return to the Ulster squad ahead of their RaboDirect PRO12 match against the Scarlets on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) while Rory Best and Stephen Ferris are rested as part of a player management programme implemented post-World Cup.

MARTIN JOHNSON has demanded England treat tomorrow’s showdown with Scotland as a winner-takes-all battle for Rugby World Cup survival.

Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has made six changes and one positional switch for Saturday’s must-win World Cup Pool B clash with England.

Scotland have made 14 changes for Saturday’s final World Cup warm-up match against Italy – with Graeme Morrison the sole survivor in the starting XV from the win over Ireland.

Brian McLaughlin has made just one change to his starting line-up for Ulster’s Magners League play-off match against Leinster at the RDS tomorrow night (kick-off 7.05pm).

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A TRAINING accident has ruled Willie Faloon out of Ulster’s do-or-die Magners League clash against the in-form Dragons tonight.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named his starting line-up to face Newport Gwent Dragons in their decisive Magners League clash on Friday night, kick-off 7.05pm.

ULSTER star Ruan Pienaar has dismissed reports linking him to Super 15 outfit ACT Brumbies.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named his side for Friday night’s Magners League game against Connacht at Ravenhill, kick-off 7.05pm.

IRELAND scrum-half Tomás O’Leary returns to competitive rugby on Saturday.

COACH Brian McLaughlin called flanker Chris Henry ‘Mr Consistency’ and it is odds-on the 27-year-old will form part of an industrious back row when Ulster travel to face Northampton in the Heineken Cup quarter-final in Milton Keynes on Sunday.

ULSTER temporarily moved second in the Magners League with a gritty but unconvincing victory over the Scarlets at Ravenhill.

BJ BOTHA and Ian Humphreys could not have staged a more appropriate return to the Ulster starting lineout when they face the Scarlets at Ravenhill tonight.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named an experienced team to face the Scarlets for tomorrow night’s vital Magners League game at Ravenhill (kick-off: 7.05pm).

RUAN PIENAAR was the hero for Ulster at Firhill, his man-of-the-match haul of all 22 points ensuring his side snatched a last-gasp victory against a typically dogged Glasgow side to climb to second in the Magners League.