Updated at 00.45
ULSTER’S RECORD TRY-SCORER, Andrew Trimble, will claim another club record tonight after being named in the side to face Treviso (18.05).
Trimble, who is one of the standby players to narrowly miss out on Joe Schmidt’s World Cup squad, will surpass Paddy Wallace’s caps record of 189 in Kingspan Stadium.
“Paddy is a guy who I have a massive amount of respect for so overtaking his total means a lot. It’s going to be a very special night for me,” says the 30-year-old.
“Whenever I started my career I wouldn’t have dreamed that I would get to 190 appearances for Ulster. Every game has been unbelievable, especially the matches at Kingspan Stadium on a Friday night.”
Hooker Rob Herring will again captain Neil Doak’s impressive side fellow Ireland internationals Dan Tuohy, Robbie Diack and Roger Wilson behind him in the pack. Nick Williams will miss the game for personal reasons, the province say.
Trimble joins an impressive back-line that includes the powerful Stuart McCloskey inside Luke Marshall in midfield.
Ulster (v Treviso)
15. Louis Ludik;
14. Andrew Trimble
13. Luke Marshall
12. Stuart McCloskey
11. Craig Gilroy
10. Peter Nelson
9. Paul Marshall
1. Andrew Warwick
2. Rob Herring (captain)
3. Wiehahn Herbst
4. Peter Browne
5. Dan Tuohy
6. Robbie Diack
7. Sean Reidy
8. Roger Wilson
Replacements:
16. Paul Jackson
17.Callum Black
18. Bronson Ross
19. Lewis Stevenson
20. Clive Ross
21. David Shanahan
22. Sam Arnold
23. Rory Scholes
Originally published at 12.40 on 1 October
Surely Leinster can spare us a few players as cover…
Plenty of cover at centre, I’d like to see Shane Daly get a bit more game time, looks a decent player.
@blindside: Arnold is a very decent 13 too.