Longwell to win 150th Ulster cap

GARY LONGWELL, who reached the landmark 50th Heineken Cup cap earlier this season, will win his 150th Ulster cap in Friday night’s Celtic League clash with Cardiff.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
Tony Leen

Coach Mark McCall has named an unchanged back line from that which defeated The Borders, while up front Rod Moore is drafted in to the starting XV with Simon Best switching to loose-head and Ronan McCormack dropping to the bench.

Gavin Pfister replaces Neil Best, who will be out of rugby for six weeks having sustained a broken jaw against The Borders.

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