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Connacht & Ulster name starting line-ups

Troy Nathan will wear the No 15 jersey for Connacht at the Sportsground
Troy Nathan will wear the No 15 jersey for Connacht at the Sportsground

Connacht and Ulster have both named their teams for the Magners League clash btween the provinces at the Sportsground on Friday,(kick off at 7.00pm).

For Connacht, Troy Nathan comes into the side at full back with Gavin Duffy reverting to inside centre.

Up front, Ronan Loughney returns to the front row and John Muldoon starts again at number eight, while Ray Ofisa moves to the openside flank.

Ulster travel to Galway without the injured Andrew Trimble, Bryn Cunningham, Paul Steinmetz, TJ Anderson.

Connacht side to play Ulster in the Magners League on Friday, 8 May.

T Nathan; F Carr, G Duffy, K Matthews, L Bibo; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Loughney; M Swift, A Farley; A Browne, R Ofisa, J Muldoon (capt).

Replacements:
A Flavin, B McGovern, D Gannon, C Rigney, C O'Loughlin, A Dunne, M Deane.

Ulster XV

BJ Botha, R Best (capt), T Court, E O'Donoghue, R Caldwell, S Ferris, C Henry, R Diack. C Schifcofske, T Nagusa, D Cave, I Whitten, S Danielli, N O'Connor, P Marshal

Replacements

N Brady, B Young, C Del Fava, M McCullough, I Boss, I Humphreys, R Dewey, M McCullough

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