Ulster Juniors will begin their inter-provincial campaign against Connacht on Saturday at Tuam RFC, just north of Galway.

After a hectic end to the Kukri Qualifying League, Armagh won the race for promotion to the All Ireland League and have four representatives in the squad.

The squad comprises 22 players from seven different clubs and includes 13 new caps . The team will be coached by Jacques Benade from Dromore RFC, who is assisted by Andy Hughes from Armagh and Mark Neilly from Portadown.

This weeks match will be followed over the next two Saturdays by games against Munster in Limavady and Leinster in Coolmines just outside Dublin.

Team Manager John Todd feels the squad is young and very talented and the coaches are instilling an exciting style of rugby. Despite limited preparation time, confidence in the squad is high and they are hopeful of a successful campaign.

Ulster registered a 37-23 win over Connacht to kick off their campaign in the 2010 Championship so they will be hoping for a repeat of that result on Saturday.

ULSTER JUNIORS SQUAD TO FACE CONNACHT ON 30TH APRIL 2011

John Purdy - Portadown
Rob McCausland - Bangor
Alex Scott - Cooke
Ryan Wilson - Clogher Valley
Andrew Kennedy - Cooke
Andrew Willis - Armagh
David Sharkey - Cloghr Valley
Chris Leatham - Dromore
Tom Finn - Dromore
Matthew Wright - Armagh
Chris Brigil - Dromore
Colin Atkinson - Armagh
Edward Irvine - Armagh
Adam Parke - Coleraine
Matt Wilson - Portadown
Michael Harshaw - Dromore
Tom Frazer - Cooke
Richard Corbett - Bangor
Stephen Robinson - Dromore
Jodie McMurray - Cooke
Gary Hall - Dromore
Stephen Dickey - Coleraine

Coaches - Jacques Benade, Andrew Hughes, Mark Neilly
Manager - John Todd
Assistant Manager - Billy Savage

Ulster Juniors Squad to face Connacht

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