ULSTER HAVE NAMED their ‘A’ team to face Leinster ‘A’ tomorrow afternoon at Kingspan Stadium (3pm kick-off, BBCiPlayer).
In the back three, Aaron Sexton will start at full-back and will line out alongside Conor Rankin and Ben Moxham on the wings. Ben Carson – making his first ‘A’ start this season – and Hayden Hyde will form the midfield duo, with Nathan Doak and Bill Johnston providing the half-back pairing.
The front row sees Gareth Milasinovich and Ross Kane pack down either side of Adam McBurney at hooker.
Cormac Izuchukwu and Conor McMenamin have been named to start in the second row. Harry Sheridan will make his first ‘A’ start this season at blindside flanker, with Marcus Rea selected at openside. David McCann completes the pack at Number Eight and will lead out the side.
Brad Roberts, Callum Reid, Tom O’Toole, Reuben Crothers and James McCormick will provide forward cover from the bench, with Lewis Finlay and James Humphreys named as back line replacements.
This game is to be played behind-closed-doors, however it will be live on BBC iPlayer – while the BBC Sport NI website stream will be available worldwide.
Ulster ‘A’ v Leinster ‘A’
(15-9) Aaron Sexton, Ben Moxham, Hayden Hyde, Ben Carson, Conor Rankin, Bill Johnston, Nathan Doak;
(1-8) Gareth Milasinovich, Adam McBurney, Ross Kane, Cormac Izuchukwu, Conor McMenamin, Harry Sheridan, Marcus Rea, David McCann (Capt.).
Replacements: Bradley Roberts, Callum Reid, Tom O’Toole, Reuben Crothers, James McCormick, Lewis Finlay, James Humphreys.
Leinster team out tomorrow morning according to their twitter
Another Humphries, any relation???
@Patrick O Connell: son of David. Was in Gloucester Academy. Conor McMenamin is from Letterkenny. It is nice to see a Donegal player coming through. Nathan Doak is a son of former coach Neil.
@Trevor Johnston: cheers
@Trevor Johnston: it is good to have more players from outside the 6 counties, Joe Dunleavy was from Donegal also, just didnt really make the step up after the acadamy. But it shows that it wasn’t a one off player and hopefully there are more Donegal ones come through.
@Kingshu:
Wonder what happened to Dunleavy as he was highly tipped to make the grade.
@Kingshu: plenty of Ulster players from outside Northern Ireland just too many from outside Ulster. Totally agree that it’s great to see young lads from Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan getting brought into the academy. I always enjoyed playing “across the boarder” in the Ulster league , some stories will never be told.
@Mark Smith: had to look that up as wondered the same. Appears to be currently playing for Malone. I too thought he was rated to make it as a professional and is better than AIL level, maybe hes on a break while finishing studying, or someline along those lines.
Why didnt thet schedule mun v lein in A fixture for nexr weekend and let connacht v ulster battle it out in a full interpro allowing players to get game time before 6nations
@jay bernard: The Connacht v Ulster fixture has already been played and there is no Ulster V Connacht game with this years format. If a game was arranged it would be a friendly, and likily an A game. So why change an A game? Ulster A have beaten Leinster A in the RDS, Munster A at home and drawn with Connacht A away. Munster A have already played Connacht eagles home and away, so no room to play them again