Darren Cave will earn his 222nd Ulster cap against Zebre on Saturday night to move him to second in the province’s all-time appearance list. Sean Reidy will start in the seven jersey and is joined in the backrow by Clive Ross and Nick Timoney. The replacements bench is made up of John Andrew, Andy Warwick, Ross Kane, Ian Nagle, Greg Jones, Jonny Stewart, Johnny McPhillips and James Hume. ULSTER: L Ludik; R Baloucoune, D Cave, S McCloskey, R Lyttle; P Nelson, D Shanahan; E O’Sullivan, R Herring, M Moore; A O’Connor (Capt), K Treadwell; C Ross, S Reidy, N Timoney. Replacements: J Andrew, A Warwick, R Kane, I Nagle, G Jones, J Stewart, J McPhillips, J Hume.

Source: The Irish Times February 22, 2019 12:22 UTC