Ulster-v-Connacht 6th Oct 2017

Friday 6 October 2017
Kick off-19:35
Kingspan Stadium
TV- BBC NI/TG4

        Head to Head
Ulster Rugby  Connacht Rugby
28          Played     28
23           Wins       4
4           Losses      23
1           Draws        1
52          Tries         22

Form
Ulster WWWWL
Connacht LWLLL

Ulster
(1-8): K McCall, R Herring, W Herbst, A O'Connor, K Treadwell, I Henderson, C Henry (captain), J Deysel;
(9-15): J Cooney, C Lealiifano, J Stockdale, S McCloskey, L Marshall, T Bowe, C Piutau;
Replacements (16-23): J Andrew, A Warwick, R Ah You, R Diack, S Reidy, P Marshall, P Nelson, L Ludik.

Connacht
(15-9) Tiernan O’Halloran, Cian Kelleher, Bundee Aki, Tom Farell, Matt Healy, Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion, (1-8) Denis Buckley, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham, Ultan Dillane, Quinn Roux, Eoin McKeon, Jarrad Butler, John Muldoon (Capt)

Replacements (16-23): Dave Heffernan, Denis Coulson, Conor Carey, James Cannon, Eoghan Masterson, Caolin Blade, Steve Crosbie, Eoin Griffin.

I said it this time last week, this is a selection that should be good enough to get the job done.

Look what happened there and this time it's not Zebre

Am I right in thinking Connacht have never won at Ravenhill before? So games won already Pete

Black, Rea, Reidy, Cave, Trimble all out
Quite right too after their inadequate performances last week

Henderson in the backrow is an admission the backrow let us down last week.
Good to see form plays some part in this selection.
Good case could be made this is the best team from the players available.
A case could be made for Diack, Ludik to start and Shanahan on the bench but all very marginal and no real complaints
Reidy is lucky though Timoney has been better this year