Campbell gets nod for Ulster

Ulster coach Mark McCall has gone for Kieran Campbell instead of Neil Doak to provide the link between his forwards and David Humphreys in the Heineken Cup Pool 6 opener at home to Cardiff Blues tomorrow night.

Captain Andy Ward, Neil Best and Campbell Feather will have to shoulder a lot of the workload in the back row and the time has come for second row Matt McCullough to show his true worth to a side that is struggling this season, due to three Celtic League losses at the previously impregnable Ravenhill.

Ulster (v Cardiff): B Cunningham; T Bowe, K Maggs, P Steinmetz, T Howe; D Humphreys, K Campbell; R McCormack, N Brady, N Best, G Longwell, M McCullough, A Ward (capt), N Best, C Feather.

Replacements: P Shields, R Moore, R Frost, R Wilson, N Doak, P Wallace, J Bell.

Cardiff Blues: C Morgan; N Walne, R Williams, T Shanklin, J Vaughton; L Thomas, D Dewdney; G Jenkins, G Williams, M Jones, C Quinnell, D Jones, N Thomas, M Williams (capt), K Schubert.

Replacements: A Lewis, R Thomas, R Sidoli, N Budgett, R Smith, N MacLeod, S James.