Afoa ‘in good shape’ for Ulster debut

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.

Sat, 05 Nov, 2011 - 00:00

Mickey Adams

Afoa packs down in the front-row alongside Ireland duo Rory Best and Tom Court, just over 72 hours since arriving in the north.

“I’m over here now and want to play against Connacht tonight and get some game time and then looking forward to play against Clermont the following week,” said the six foot 19 stone tight-head Afoa who arrived Wednesday.

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Courts Rugby Place: Ravenhill Place: Ireland Place: Northern Ireland Place: New Zealand Person: Afoa Person: John Afoa Person: Rory Best Person: Tom Court Person: Ruan Pienaar Person: Ian Humphreys Person: Paul Marshall Person: Brian McLaughlin Person: Simon Danielli Person: Darren Cave Person: Paddy Wallace Person: Humphreys Person: Eric Elwood Person: Gavin Duffy Person: Dave McSharry Person: Tiernan O’Halloran Person: Eoghan Grace Person: Paul O’Donohoe Person: Miah Nikora Person: Dan McFarland Person: S Danielli Person: Trimble Person: D Cave Person: P Wallace Person: C Gilroy Person: I Humphreys Person: P Marshall Person: T Court Person: R Best Person: J Afoa Person: J Muller Person: D Tuohy Person: S Ferris Person: C Henry Person: P Wannenburg Person: Kyriacou Person: P McAllister Person: L Stevenson Person: R Diack Person: I Porter Person: N Spence Person: D’Arcy Person: T O’Halloran Person: F Vainikolo Person: G Duffy Person: D McSharry Person: B Tuohy Person: M Nikora Person: P O’Donohoe Person: B Wilkinson Person: A Flavin Person: R Ah You Person: M Swift Person: M McCarthy Person: TJ Anderson Person: E Grace Person: G Naoupu Person: E Reynecke Person: R Loughney Person: D Rogers Person: D Gannon Person: J Muldoon Person: F Murphy Person: N O’Connor Person: M Jarvis Event: All Black World Cup Event: Pro 12 Event: World Cup Event: South African World Cup Organisation: Ulster Organisation: RaboDirect Organisation: Connacht Organisation: Clermont Organisation: Treviso Organisation: Cardiff

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