Ulster make four changes for Friday night’s RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final against Scarlets, as Mark Anscombe’s men look to say goodbye to the old ground’s historic grandstand with a massive victory.

Paddy Jackson, Tom Court, Declan Fitzpatrick and Dan Tuohy are back in, with Ruan Pienaar swapping the out-half role to scrum-half. This means Paul Marshall, Callum Black and Iain Henderson move back to the bench following starts in last week’s game with Cardiff.

John Afoa picked up a hamstring injury in that game and will be unavailable for selection on Friday.
Ulster go into the game with Llaneli Scarlets having finished first in the RaboDirect Pro12 standings, while their opponents were the league’s fourth best side.

Ulster XV

(15-9): J Payne, A Trimble, D Cave, S Olding, T Bowe, P Jackson, R Pienaar

(1-8) T Court, R Best, D Fitzpatrick, J Muller (C), D Tuohy, R Diack, C Henry, N Williams

Replacements (16-23): R Herring, C Black, R Lutton, I Henderson, M McComish, P Marshall, M Allen, P Nelson

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