No release for Trimble

ANDREW TRIMBLE has not been released by Ireland for Ulster’s Magners League trip to face the Ospreys at Swansea tomorrow (5.10 pm).

Fit again Trimble, who was not named in Ireland’s 22-man squad for the Six Nations clash with France, has been asked to remain in Dublin with the international squad despite a lack of game time. Trimble had been sidelined since last month when he suffered a broken bone in his hand in the Heineken Cup game in Treviso.

It means a start on the right wing for teenager Craig Gilroy, who will have his first run-out for Ulster since his two-try performance against Treviso at the end of November. Nigel Brady and Bryan Young come into the front row while Tim Barker partners captain Johann Muller at lock. Chris Henry, Willie Faloon and Pedrie Wannenburg make up the back row.

OSPREYS: R Fussell; T Prydie, S Parker, A Beck, H Dirksen; D Biggar, R Webb; D Jones, H Bennett, C Griffiths, I Gough, I Evans, T Smith, M Holah, J Collins.

Replacements: M Davies, R Bevington, G Cross, J King, J Tipuric, J Nutbrown, G Owen, T Isaacs.

ULSTER: A D’Arcy; C Gilroy, I Whitten, N Spence, S Danielli; I Humphreys, R Pienaar; B Young, N Brady, D Fitzpatrick, T Barker, J Muller, capt, C Henry, W Faloon, P Wannenburg.

Replacements: A Kyriacou, J Cronin, A Whitten, R Caldwell, TJ Anderson, P Marshall, L Marshall, D McIlwaine.