Pienaar And Tuohy Back For Ulster

Ruan Pienaar and Dan Tuohy have recovered from injury and have been named in the Ulster starting XV to face Scarlets in the European Rugby Champions Cup at Kingspan Stadium tomorrow evening (kick off 19:45).

Ruan Pienaar and Dan Tuohy have recovered from injury and have been named in the Ulster starting XV to face Scarlets in the European Rugby Champions Cup at Kingspan Stadium tomorrow evening (kick off 19:45).

It will be Pienaar’s first appearance of the season, while Tuohy returns having suffered a broken arm against Cardiff in September.

In total, Ulster Head Coach, Neil Doak, has made four changes to the side that lost narrowly to Munster in Limerick, with Ireland Internationals Tommy Bowe and Robbie Diack also returning to the side.

The front row remains unchanged with Callum Black and Wiehahn Herbst starting either side of captain Rory Best.

Tuohy returns alongside Franco van der Merwe in the second-row, Roger Wilson, who will make his 40th European appearance for Ulster, is selected at openside. Nick Williams continues at Number 8 and Diack comes in on the blindside.

In the backs, Pienaar and Humphreys start together for the first time since Ulster’s European quarter-final win over Munster in 2012, while Stuart Olding moves from fullback to inside-centre alongside Darren Cave.

Craig Gilroy starts on the left wing, with Bowe on the right, while Louis Ludik begins the game at full back.
 
Forwards Rob Herring, Andy Warwick, Declan Fitzpatrick, Alan O’Connor and Clive Ross, join backs Paul Marshall, Stuart McCloskey and Michael Allen on the bench.

The game will be live on BT Sport with radio coverage on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Wales.

Tickets for this fixture are still available. It is recommended that you buy in advance making use of the print at home function, meaning you won’t have to queue at the match.

To buy a ticket click here.

Tickets for limited areas of the ground will be available from the ticket booth on Onslow Parade from 6pm tomorrow evening starting at £25 per adult and £15 for a child.

Ulster XV & Replacements to play Scarlets, European Rugby Champions Cup, Kingspan Stadium, Saturday 5th December, 19:45 (15-9): L Ludik; T Bowe, D Cave, S Olding, C Gilroy, I Humphreys, R Pienaar; (1-8): C Black, R Best (Capt), W Herbst, D Tuohy, F vd Merwe, R Diack, R Wilson, N Williams;