Ulster Rugby coach Matt Williams has named his side to take on Worcester Warriors at Ravenhill on Wednesday night.
Williams has made wholesale changes to the starting XV that defeated the Queensland Reds on Friday night at Ravenhill. With only five players starting from the Reds game, Williams has named a vastly different side and welcomed Irish squad members Andrew Trimble and Ryan Caldwell into the squad, as well as naming eleven replacements.
The front row sees Tom Court and Bryan Young swap positions from last week, with Court starting at loose head prop and Young at tight head. Rory Best does not feature in the squad and is replaced by Nigel Brady as hooker for the side.
In the second row, Italian International Carlo Del Fava will start alongside former RBAI captain Ryan Caldwell.
The back row is entirely different from last week with Matt McCullough, Kieron Dawson and Chris Henry all starting, thus relegating Thomas Anderson and Robbie Diack to the bench, as David Pollock drops out of the squad.
The backline is transformed with only Paddy Wallace and Timoci Nagusa surviving from the Reds game. Paul Marshall and Paddy Wallace form the half back partnership with Mark McCrea and Nagusa on either wing.
Ulster Rugby player and new backs coach Paul Steinmetz, is named alongside Irish International Andrew Trimble in the mid field.
Ulster XV to play Worcester Warriors at Ravenhill on Wednesday, 27 August at 7.30pm.
B Cunningham; T Nagusa, A Trimble, P Steinmetz, M McCrea; P Wallace, P Marshall; T Court; N Brady, B Young, C Del Fava, R Caldwell, McCullough K Dawson (capt), C Henry
Replacements - S Philpott, J Fitzpatrick, R Diack, W Faloon, C Willis, T Anderson, I Humphreys, I Whitten, C Cochrane, N O'Connor, R Dewey.
