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Ulster team to play Llanelli Scarlets named

2 March 2007, 12:11 pm

By Jonathan McConnell

Mark McCall has named four players- Bryan Young, Tommy Bowe, Stephen Ferris and Roger Wilson - featured in the High Performance Select Group announced by the IRFU and PWC earlier this week, for Saturday’s clash with Llanelli Scarlets.

Ulster also welcome back four Irish Internationals involved in the historic victory over England last weekend, with Isaac Boss, Simon Best, Paddy Wallace and Andrew Trimble all starting for Ulster against the Scarlets. Neil Best is absent due to a thigh injury picked up with Ireland earlier this week. New Ulster signing Sam Harding will be hoping to make his debut in the Magners League as he is named as a replacement.

Llanelli are missing several of their big names with Wales' Dwayne Peel, Stephen Jones, Mark Jones, Matthew Rees and Alix Popham and Ireland's Simon Easterby all being rested by their countries while Dafydd James (broken toe) and Craig Dunlea (hamstring) are not included due to injury.

Mark McCall spoke about this game earlier in the week and said "If we are serious about retaining our title then we have got to win this match, For a number of reasons - to get points on the board, to get some momentum into our season, to get on a roll and to put pressure on the teams around us."

15 - Bryn Cunningham ; 14 - Tommy Bowe; 13 - Paul Steinmetz; 12 - Paddy Wallace; 11 - Andrew Trimble; 10 - David Humphreys; 9 - Isaac Boss; 1 - Bryan Young; 2 - Paul Shields; 3 - Simon Best; 4 - Justin Harrison (Captain); 5 - Tim Barker ; 6 -Stephen Ferris; 7 - Kieron Dawson; 8 -Roger Wilson;
Replacements:
16 - Stuart Philpott; 17 -Justin Fitzpatrick; 18 - Ryan Caldwell 19 - Sam Harding; 20 - Kieran Campbell; 21 - Kevin Maggs; 22 - Paul McKenzie