Ulster make four changes for Newport Gwent Dragons game

Newly-arrived director of rugby Les Kiss has made four personnel changes and three positional changes to the side for their trip to Wales to face Newport Gwent Dragons on Sunday.

.@RoryBest2 & Pienaar on the bench for @UlsterRugby #SUFTUM https://t.co/PRal01PcO8 pic.twitter.com/Tw79ylCawO

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) November 6, 2015

Rory Best and Ruan Pienaar are both named among the replacements as Ulster look to bounce back from their narrow defeat to Munster last weekend.

Peter Nelson returns to the side at fullback with Sammy Arnold on the left wing. Rory Scholes starts on the right wing in place of the injured Andrew Trimble.

Darren Cave and Stuart McCloskey form the centre partnership, with Paddy Jackson at 10 and Paul Marshall named at scrum-half.

In the forwards, Andrew Warwick is replaced at loosehead prop by Kyle McCall - who joins acting captain Rob Herring and Wiehahn Herbst in the front row.

Dan Tuohy locks down with Franco van der Merwe in the second row.

Stephen Mulholland makes his first start for Ulster at number eight, with Chris Henry and Robbie Diack on the flanks.

Newport Gwent Dragons v Ulster, Guinness PRO12, Rodney Parade, Sunday 8 November - kick-off 2.30pm.

Ulster: Peter Nelson, Rory Scholes, Darren Cave, Stuart McCloskey, Sammy Arnold, Paddy Jackson, Paul Marshall; Kyle McCall, Rob Herring - capt., Wiehahn Herbst, Dan Tuohy, Franco van der Merwe, Robbie Diack, Chris Henry, Stephen Mulholland.

Replacements: Rory Best, Ricky Lutton, Bronson Ross, Lewis Stevenson, Sean Reidy, Ruan Pienaar, Ian Humphreys, Craig Gilroy.