Best man Afoa unavailable for Ulster v Leicester clash
Ulster’s new signing John Afoa is unavailable for the province’s Heineken Cup Round 2 encounter with Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on Saturday (6pm) after he returned to act as best man at fellow All Black Jerome Kaino’s wedding.
Aside from Afoa’s unorthodox absence, which Ulster Rugby were aware of when he arrived ahead of schedule earlier this month, Brian McLaughlin has no new injury worries ahead of their Pool 4 match.
Ruan Pienaar, Luke Marshall and Jerry Cronin have been omitted from the 31-man provisional squad as they remain sidelined through injury.
Ulster started their campaign with an impressive 16-11 win over Clermont Auvergne at the weekend but there are no casualties from the bruising encounter.
Leicester recorded a 12-28 victory away over Aironi in Round 1 meaning the winner of Saturday's match will occupy first position going into the double headers in December.
The two sides last met in the 2003/04 tournament with Ulster registering an emphatic 33-0 win at before being on the wrong end of a 49-7 scoreline in the away tie.
Paddy McAllister, Callum Black, Tom Court, Adam Macklin, Declan Fitzpatrick, Andi Kyriacou, Nigel Brady, Rory Best, Lewis Stevenson, Johann Muller, Dan Tuohy, Tim Barker, Neil McComb, Michael McComish, Stephen Ferris, Pedrie Wannenburg, Willie Faloon, Chris Henry, Robbie Diack
Paul Marshall, Ian Porter, Ian Humphreys, Paddy Jackson, Paddy Wallace, Nevin Spence, Ian Whitten, Darren Cave, Craig Gilroy, Simon Danielli, Andrew Trimble, Adam D’Arcy
