Pienaar getting Ulster going

ULSTER fly-half Ian Humphreys is in many ways like the weather this season – one day blowing hot, the next offering a cold front.

Hopefully in the more agreeable climatic conditions in Monza, Humphreys will warm to his task and spark Ulster to victory over Aironi in their reverse Heineken Cup tie early this afternoon.

After a slight loss of confidence there was a glint of the old Humphreys last week in Ulster’s five-pointer against the Italian side at Ravenhill. That, some say, was in no small way down to his link-up with the brilliant Springbok scrum-half Ruan Pienaar.