Llanelli hoping to bring pre-season form into tomorrow’s Pro12 clash at Parc Y Scarlets

Following a place on the tour to Romania and a good pre-season, fit-again winger is looking forward to the season opener against Llanelli

Les Kiss planning to mix and match against English side tomorrow night

Loss of key personnel not an excuse for province with appetite for glory

Former Ireland hooker will also continue role with academy

Province say they are looking to recruit ‘a significant international quality figure’ for the full-time post

Les Kiss to take over on interim basis as Anscombe leaves with immediate effect

Leinster to meet Castres for second year running; Connacht draw two French sides

Scottish fullback set to leave Glasgow with Ulster a likely destination

Matt O’Connor’s side come through bruising clash to set up RDS final against Glasgow

Ulster’s departing Springbok believes discipline holds key to ending losing streak

Rob Penney’s side travel to Glasgow for tough semi-final clash

Both sides make widespread changes but Rob Penney's side still expected to run up big score

Zebre’s win over the Ospreys means the northern province require just a point to nail down semi-final berth

Zebre pull off a shock to leave the Ospreys fifth in the table

Luke Fitzgerald could also feature for Leinster off the bench tomorrow night

Mark Anscombe makes three changes to side that beat Connacht ahead of Warriors clash

Cork born prop Dave Ryan to join Ulster from Italian side Zebre on a two-year contract

Munster keep the Irish flag flying but Leinster are easily outgunned by Toulon to follow Ulster out of the Heineken Cup

‘ I think he penalised the injury instead of the actual action’

Jared Payne's early red card left homeside near impossible task against Sarries

Return of Ruan Pienaar a huge fillip for the province as they try to gain revenge for last year

Scrumhalf had been nursing a shoulder injury but will face Saracens tomorrow evening

Mark Anscombe excited by the challenge of taking on Saracens for a place in last four

Coach Mark Anscombe optimistic that the Springbok international will be fit to face Saracens on Saturday

Ulster’s head coach saw his side suffer an untimely loss of form against one of the struggling teams of this season’s Rabo Direct Pro12

Award-winning Kiwi believed not to have received permission for trip home last week

Donnacha Ryan and Tommy O’Donnell both start in the pack, as fullback Felix Jones returns

Groin injury has taken longer than anticipated to heal

New deal means coach will remain with the province until at least the summer of 2015

Despite home advantage, his side are taking nothing for granted

Ulster are given the carrot of a ‘home’ semi-final at the Aviva Stadium

Ruan Pienaar inspired victory over Leicester sets up Ravenhill quarter-final against Saracens

The Irish and Lions winger is struggling to regain fitness for the final pool game

Victory over weakened Montpeller vital as group winners showdown with Leicester Tigers looms

Mark Anscombe’s side have shown they are good enough to beat any team but now need some silverware

Ireland international facing lengthy spell on the sidelines after dislocating his shoulder

Visitors look too depleted to engineer a victory at the RDS

Five-point victory almost guaranteed against group whipping boys but plenty to examine in Ulster line-up

Ireland international to make first appearance in nine months against Zebre tomorrow night