Ulster v Cardiff Friday Mar 4 7:35pm BBC2 NI / BBC2 Wales / RTE2 / Premier Sports 2

[Neill_M]

Cardiff Rugby: Hallam Amos; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Aled Summerhill; Jarrod Evans, Lloyd Williams; Brad Thyer, Kirby Myhill, Dmitri Arhip, Josh Turnbull (capt.), Matthew Screech, Ellis Jenkins, Josh Navidi, James Botham

Replacements: Keiron Assiratti, Rhys Carré, Will Davies-King, Teddy Williams, James Ratti, Jamie Hill, Ben Thomas, Matthew Morgan

[justinr73]

That’s not the worst side to visit Belfast.

Worth noting that they’re ten points behind Connacht with five games in hand.

[SparkyClarky]

Moore at fullback a bit of a surprise, I assume Lyttle is injured as I expected him there after his performance last time out.
Hope Hendy & Jordi have a stormer.

Enough worries in Cardiffs Backline should be a good watch especially for the neutral!
SUFTUM

[BR]

Ulster team to play Cardiff Rugby, United Rugby Championship Round 13, Friday 4 March at Kingspan Stadium, 7.35pm kick-off, live on BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Wales, Premier Sports, and RTÉ 2:

(15-9) Stewart Moore Robert Baloucoune, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Ben Moxham, Billy Burns, Nathan Doak;

(1-8) Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor, Iain Henderson (Capt.), Jordi Murphy, Marcus Rea, Nick Timoney.

Replacements: Tom Stewart, Jack McGrath, Gareth Milasinovich, Sam Carter, Duane Vermeulen, John Cooney, Ian Madigan, Aaron Sexton.

When was that announced?

[BaggyTrousers]

Two reasonably strong teams, our bench even looks decent, should knock their wine in. 5Pts? Less would be disappointing.

Stu Moore at 15 is a bit of a Hail Mary, his kicking doesn't inspire confidence maybe he'll just run in a few 80-metre tries.

[big mervyn]

Who's our 3rd hooker? I'm assuming every team will have one this weekend!

[Setanta]

Anyone know what happened to Lyttle ?

[StandUp]

Who's our 3rd hooker? I'm assuming every team will have one this weekend!

Ethel.

[StandUp]

Anyone know what happened to Lyttle ?

He’s waiting to find out when the team will be announced. Anyone know when it’ll be?

[big mervyn]

Who's our 3rd hooker? I'm assuming every team will have one this weekend!

Ethel.

... and there's another one for the newbies!

Old Mannix anybody

[Bart S]

Is Tommy from Comber going??

[big mervyn]

Is Tommy from Comber going??

Only, and I cannot stress this strongly enough, ONLY if the program contains the correct starting XV!

[StandUp]

Tommy is in Ukraine but he’s not sure who he’s gonna fight yet. I’m sure he’ll find someone.

[Dave]

Is Tommy from Comber going??

Only, and I cannot stress this strongly enough, ONLY if the program contains the correct starting XV!

I believe he ended the rant with happy Xmas and well done Ulster or something else equally pissy.

[allezlesverres]

That's only a few players away from Cardiff's first XV. Their back row is an area of strength, as is their midfield.

Interesting Ulster selection with a decent bench - Dan is clearly trying to manage Vermeulen's minutes in the hope the starting players can do the job. Our back 3 is concerning - Moore out of position and Moxham who has had mostly poor outings so far.

Bookies have Ulster by 13 on the handicap bet which looks a bit generous. I might have a wee traitor's bet on that one.