Ulster ponder John Cooney at fly-half

Ulster could be tempted to play Ireland scrum-half John Cooney at fly-half on Saturday evening when they take on Conference A top dogs Glasgow in the extremely faint hopes of a Guinness PRO14 play-off spot.

Assistance coach Dwayne Peel hinted that the 32-year-old former Ireland scrum-half Paul Marshall could earn his 205th cap at some stage of the game, giving the impression that Ulster may utilise Cooney in the number 10 jersey, with Dave Shanahan as his half-back partner. That is despite Johnny McPhillips being available after he went off in the 28th minute in the 8-0 win against the Ospreys last week.

“Paul is available and in the mix definitely,” said Peel.