Key quartet missing for Ulster

Ulster have a number of key players absent from their preliminary 31-man squad as the province prepare for Friday’s Magners League semi-final match with Leinster at the RDS, kick-off 7.05pm.

Coach Brian McLaughlin will be without Ballinahinch openside Willie Faloon who injured his shoulder in training two weeks ago and will undergo surgery this Thursday to repair a torn rotator cuff.