Ferris and Best return for Ulster

IRELAND duo Stephen Ferris and Rory Best will have their first taste of action in over four months in Ulster’s pre-season friendly against English Premiership side Leeds at Ravenhill tomorrow night (7.30pm).

Ferris has recovered from a fractured cheekbone sustained in training last April, while Best is back to full fitness following an ankle injury sustained in the latter stage of the Magners League. Both players will play the first 40 minutes in their comeback games as per IRFU regulations, which rules out Paddy Wallace, Dan Tuohy and Tom Court. Also named in Brian McLaughlin’s 25-man squad is former Manly rugby league full-back Adam D’Arcy.

ULSTER from (Forwards): B Young, R Best, D Fitzpatrick, N Brady, P McAllister, A Macklin, J Muller, T Barker, R Caldwell, S Ferris, W Faloon, P Wannenburg, R Diack, TJ Anderson (Backs): I Porter, M Heaney, N O’Connor, I Humphreys, J Shiels, D Cave, I Whitten, C Gilroy, T Seymour, D McIlwaine, A D’Arcy.