McLaughlin names Ulster squad

Rugby - Squad news:Ulster head coach Brian McLaughlin has named a 23-man squad ahead of Saturday's Magners League game away to the Ospreys (6.30pm).

New signing Tamaiti Horua is named along with young flanker TJ Anderson. In the backs Jonny Shiels, Cillian Willis and Clinton Schifcofske all make their return.

Bryn Cunningham, Ryan Caldwell, David Pollock are unavailable due to injury, while Stephen Ferris, Paddy Wallace and Andrew Trimble are ruled out because of international commitments.

McLaughlin will name his starting XV at noon on Friday, in or around the same time Ospreys will announce their team.

Former Ulster wing Tommy Bowe is in the Ospreys squad for the first time since returning from Lions duty in South Africa.

Bowe is among 24 players named to face his former team-mates at Liberty Stadium, along with Jonathan Thomas, who has missed almost seven months with a groin problem.

Ospreys squad (v Ulster):D Jones, P James, C Griffiths, R Hibbard, H Bennett, A Lloyd, I Gough, T Smith, J Collins, J Thomas, M Holah, S Tandy, F Tiata, R Jones, B Davies, J Vaughton, N Walker, T Bowe, J Spratt, A Bishop, D Biggar, J Hook, J Nutbrown, M Phillips

Ulster squad (v Ospreys):N Brady, B Botha, B Young, E O'Donoghue, A Kyriacou, D Tuohy, R Diack, C Henry, W Faloon, T Anderson, T Horua, D Fitzpatrick, T Nagusa, D Cave, N O'Connor, S Danielli, I Whitten, P Marshall, I Boss, I Humphreys, J Shiels, C Willis, C Schifcofske