Ulster welcome back international players

Stephen Ferris will make his return to the Ulster side in Matt Williams first game in charge of the province against The Dragons in the Magner's League at Ravnehill on Friday.

Ulster also welcome back Internationals in Simon Danielli, Neil Best and Tommy Bowe, in addition to promoting Niall O'Connor to ten beside captain Isaac Boss.

Ulster coach Matt Williams said: "The guys were really keen to come back and wanted to be involved. A couple of players, Neil Best and Tommy Bowe, spent a couple of hours with us on Monday morning and then had to shoot down to Dublin and come back up on Tuesday. It is pretty disruptive for the players but their efforts were fantastic."

ULSTER (v The Dragons): M Bartholomeusz; M McCrea, T Bowe, P Steinmetz, S Danielli; N O'Connor, I Boss(Captain); B Young, N Brady, D Fitzpatrick, R Caldwell, J Harrison, N Best, K Dawson, S Ferris.

Replacements: (16-22) R Best, J Fitzpatrick, C Del Fava, M McCullough, P Marshall, P Wallace, B Cunningham.