Quintet return for Leicester test

Ulster have been boosted by the return of five players ahead of their Heineken Champions Cup fixture against Leicester on Saturday (Kingspan Stadium, 5.30pm). Tickets for the crucial Pool 4 opener are available at ulsterrugby.com/buytickets. Craig Gilroy, Jordi Murphy, Will Addison, Michael Lowry and Marty Moore are all included in the match day 23 after overcoming their respective injuries. It will be competitive debut for Moore if he used off the bench, while fellow summer signings Murphy, Addison and Billy Burns will make their Champions Cup bows for Ulster, having previously represented other clubs in the competition. Lowry, a member of the Abbey Insurance Academy, and Marcell Coetzee are set to make their European debuts after being named in the starting XV at fullback and blindside flanker respectively. Rory Best will skipper the side from hooker and will pack down in the front row alongside Ross Kane and Andy Warwick. Coetzee and Murphy will combine in an explosive back row that also features Nick Timoney, while Iain Henderson and Al O’Connor are paired together in the second row. John Cooney and Burns will operate in the half back positions, with the in-form Stuart McCloskey partnering Addison in midfield. Jacob Stockdale joins Lowry and Gilroy in the back three. Head Coach Dan McFarland has listed Adam McBurney, Eric O’Sullivan, Marty Moore, Kieran Treadwell and Sean Reidy as the forward replacements. Dave Shanahan, Angus Curtis and Angus Kernohan are his backline reinforcements. Ulster Rugby team to play Leicester Tigers, Heineken Champions Cup, Saturday 13th October, Kingspan Stadium, 5.30pm: (15-9): M Lowry; C Gilroy, W Addison, S McCloskey, J Stockdale; B Burns, J Cooney; (1-8): A Warwick, R Best (captain), R Kane, A O’Connor, I Henderson, M Coetzee, J Murphy, N Timoney; Replacements (16-23): A McBurney, E O’Sullivan, M Moore, K Treadwell, S Reidy, D Shanahan, A Curtis, A Kernohan.