Harding arrives in Belfast

Ulster's latest signing Sam Harding arrived in Belfast over the weekend.

The one-time capped All Black back rower is looking forward to "a more attacking style of rugby" in the Magner's League compared to his one year at Northampton Saints in the Guinness Premiership.

Ulster Rugby chief executive Michael Reid said: "We are extremely lucky, at short notice, to be able to sign a player of Sam's experience, intelligence and physicality. Mark McCall has no doubt that he will prove an exciting and dynamic addition to the back row."

Harding was born in Australia and is the great-nephew of former Wales and British Lions captain Rowe Harding, who toured South Africa with the British Isles in 1924.