Team news:Ulster coach Mark McCall has targetted a 100 per cent record from the province's three remaining Heineken Cup matches as he prepares for Friday night's return meeting with London Irish.
While defeat at the Madejski Stadium has left Ulster with little or no chance of progressing in the group, McCall, who named an unchanged squad this afternoon, wants his side to show their character after another disappointing performance on the road.
"We knew that if we didn't win at the Madejski we were effectively out of the competition," said McCall. "But we are a proud bunch and we want to win all three remaining games. People will be saying our season is over but we have still got the Magners League title to defend and three big European games to win.
"We have to focus on Friday night because at the Madejski I do not know why we took so long to get going. We rode the early storm and then got ourselves back into the game but we had started very poorly and in the end it was hugely disappointing for everyone."
McCall has no new injury concerns in the camp and was able to name the same personnel for the match at Ravenhill.
Ulster squad: Bryn Cunningham; Mark Bartholomeusz; Tommy Bowe; Andrew Trimble; Paul Steinmetz; Kevin Maggs; Paddy Wallace; David Humphreys; Isaac Boss; Kieran Campbell; Justin Fitzpatrick; Bryan Young; Simon Best; Rory Best; Paul Shields; Justin Harrison; Matt McCullough; Tim Barker; Neil Best; Kieron Dawson; Neil McMillan; Roger Wilson.
Connacht have also announced their squad for Friday night's European Challenge Cup Pool 4 match with Montpellier in the Stade Sabathe.
There are four changes in the squad which beat Montpellier 26-13 at the Sportsground last Friday. Conor McPhillips, Ryan Strudwick, Matt Lacey and Darren Yapp are all called back into the squad in place of John Hearty, Brendan O'Connor, Ray Ofisa and David Slemen.
Not included due to injury are Ray Hogan (calf), Ronan
Loughney (knee), Joe Merrigan (leg), Matt Mostyn (ankle), David
Slemen (hamstring), Tom Tierney (knee).
Connacht Squad:Andrew Farley, Adrian Flavin, John
Fogarty, David Gannon, Chris Keane, Stephen Knoop, Matt Lacey,
Keith Matthews, Mark McHugh, Conor McPhillips, John Muldoon, Conor
O'Loughlin, Colm Rigney, Daniel Riordan, Ted Robinson, Ryan
Strudwick, Brett Sturgess, Michael Swift, Paul Warwick, Brett
Wilkinson, Gavin Williams, Darren Yapp.










