Stockdale battling to be fit for PRO14

Ulster have serious concerns they’ll be without Jacob Stockdale for the Guinness PRO14 quarter-final against Connacht next month.

The star wing suffered a hamstring injury in the win over Edinburgh 11 days ago and is definitely ruled out of this weekend’s final Conference B game against Leinster, with both teams expected to field a raft of inexperienced players at Kingspan Stadium ahead of important knockout games to come.