Trimble returns to face Ospreys

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Trimble, now nicknamed Sparky after last week’s incognito second-half performance at Ravenhill where he dressed up as the Ulster mascot, has recovered quicker than expected from finger surgery and fills in for British and Lions star Tommy Bowe, who failed a fitness test on the dead leg he picked up against Treviso.

Trimble is the only change in the three-quarter line which otherwise remains intact after full-back Craig Gilroy recovered from a bruised foot.