Lealiifano determined to help Ulster lift silverware

Ulster’s new Wallaby signing Christian Lealiifano swept into Belfast this week and promised to help direct the side to some long-awaited silverware.

The 29-year-old Auckland-born fly-half will make his debut next Friday night at the Kingspan Stadium where Ulster face the Cheetahs as the newly-formatted Pro14 kicks-off.

Lealiifano, who underwent a bone marrow transplant a year ago after he was discovered to have leukaemia, is on a short five-month contract that will take him up to the end of the fourth round of the Champions Cup campaign. He will then head back to Canberra in preparation for the start of the Rugby Championship with the ACT Brumbies.