Rugby:Ian Humphreys, Darren Cave and Jared Payne have all been included in the Ulster team for Fridays PRO12 match against Italian side Treviso at Ravenhill (7.05pm).
The backline trio have finally over come injuries with Ian Humphries (shoulder) coming in for Paddy Jackson at outhalf and Cave moving into his familiar role at centre for Luke Marshall.
Payne, who has played only twice for the province since his arrival from New Zealand, has also recovered from a dead leg and will take his place at fullback in place of Adam D’Arcy.
In the pack coach Brian McLaughlin has brought in hooker Andy Kyriacou for Nigel Brady with Tim Barker coming into the second row along side Dan Tuohy. Mike McComish will make his first competitive start for the Province as he is names at openside flanker for Willie Faloon.
“We know the Italian teams are very physical. This season they have added a lot of attacking rugby to their game and they are playing a nice brand and scoring tries,” said McLaughlin. We will have to be at our best, there’s no doubt about that.”
Ulster:J Payne; C Gilroy, D Cave, N Spence, I Whitten; I Humphries, P Marshall; D Fitzpatrick, A Kyriacou, J Cronon, T Barker, D Tuohy, P Wannenburg, M McCommish, C Henry ©. Replacements:N Brady, K McCall, A Macklin, L Stevenson, R Diack, I Porter, P Jackson, A D'Arcy.
