Nick Timoney set to make first Ulster start against Dragons

Iain Henderson named on the bench, set to play his first game of the new campaign

Chris Henry captains Ulster for visit of reigning champions

Luke Marshall, Kyle McCall and Alan O’Connor also come in to face Scarlets

Ospreys edge closer to semi-finals at Ulster’s expense

Stuart Olding’s season over after he suffers suspected ankle fracture in Swansea

Brexit: the charge of the Right brigade

The UK is facing into the most challenging set of decisions since the second World War

Ulster run up record score in 10-try rout of Zebre

Les Kiss’s side move up to fourth place in Pro 12 table

Ulster bag another bonus point to complete Glasgow double

Les Kiss’s side move up to fifth spot in Pro 12 table after big win in Belfast

Ulster back on track with bonus-point win over Edinburgh

Marcell Coetzee impresses on debut as Les Kiss’s side end losing streak

Ulster know the stakes are high for trip to Exeter

European Champions Cup – Pool 5 preview: David Shanahan takes over at scrumhalf

Ulster face being without Ruan Pienaar sooner than expected

Les Kiss has a shortage of players available at scrumhalf, outhalf and in the frontrow

Weakened Ulster travel south more in hope than expectation

Leinster welcome back internationals for sold-out RDS clash with northern rivals

David Nucifora’s shuffling of deck has revealed some trump cards

IRFU high performance director has had his doubters but ends year very much in credit

Changes aplenty for Leinster and Ulster’s New Year’s Eve showdown

Cullen welcomes back seven Ireland internationals in pack, Trimble makes return

Ulster braced for Clermont power surge but still unlikely to resist it

French league leaders will greet visitor’s pack with ruthless welcome party

Franco van der Merwe in for Robbie Diack as Ulster look to repeat trick

Clermont has lost just one game in 27 previous European Cup encounters at home

Andrew Trimble returns to captain Ulster in Champions Cup opener

Charles Piutau, Louis Ludik, Darren Cave and Stuart McCloskey all injury absentees

Ulster maintain winning streak, but only just

Last minute Paddy Jackson penalty gets Ulster over the line at home to the Ospreys

Ireland captain Rory Best returns to Ulster starting XV

Tommy Bowe is on the bench and in line to make first appearance in almost five months

Ulster look to continue their positive start this weekend

Scarlets coach: ‘We had to play our best game out there last year to get the win’

Tommy Bowe: Ulster will move on despite Pienaar blow

It remains to be seen where Ulster will go when the South African departs the team

Paddy Jackson orchestrates big Ulster win over Leinster

Les Kiss’s side put one foot in the Pro 12 play-offs with dominant win over rivals

Ulster have no room for slip-ups against Zebre

Tommy Bowe returns to Les Kiss’s side in the absence of Andrew Trimble

Ulster’s misfiring finally blows up in their face

Scarlets claim victory in Belfast as Les Kiss’s side slip back to fourth spot

Cian Healy pledges another three years to Ireland and Leinster

Prop confirms loyalty to province until at least after 2019 World Cup in Japan

Ulster battle to win over Glasgow to move to Pro 12 summit

Paddy Jackson’s introduction gives Les Kiss’s side second half impetus at Ravenhill

Ulster rue points that slipped through grasp as they exit Champions Cup

Les Kiss’s side run in eight tries but it’s not enough to secure quarter-final place

Gerry Thornley: Cards must cut Ulster’s way in Champions Cup

Les Kiss’s side need bonus point against Oyonnax – and then favours elsewhere

Ulster players to speak about faith at Belfast cathedral

Pienaar, Herbst and Paul Marshall to be interviewed at Church of Ireland service

Craig Gilroy returns as Ulster rest their halfbacks

Irish province start Ian Humphreys and Paul Marshall for rescheduled trip to Oyonnax

Neil Doak: Ulster must shuffle deck ahead of Oyonnax

Ruan Pienaar and Paddy Jackson not expected to start after heavy December schedule

Ulster’s return to winning ways comes at a cost

Four players all helped from the field in victory over Edinburgh

Leinster and Ulster ring the changes for inter-provincial clash

Leo Cullen starts Ian Madigan in midfield with Isa Nacewa and Fergus McFadden rested

Ulster comeback too little too late against Scarlets

Welsh side were reduced to 14 men for 27 minutes in total during second period

Bowe and Trimble to line out for Ulster

World Cup hopefuls to get run out against Edinburgh in pre-season friendly this Friday evening

Leinster make it a winning start for Leo Cullen against Ulster

Leinster looked more efficient and organised, in a game with wholesale changes made at half-time

Rivals Ulster and Munster wind up drawing short straw

Prospect of home semi-final recedes for the provinces after sides share spoils

Ulster grab draw but Munster leave Ravenhill the happier

Anthony Foley’s men let lead slip as 14-man hosts hold onto unbeaten home record

Dominant Ulster lay waste to Leinster’s top four hopes

Matt O’Connor’s side fail to build on lightning start as hosts fight back at a soggy Ravenhill

Ulster sign Peter Browne and Paul Rowley

Secondrow and scrumhalf to join province from London Welsh

Stakes high as Leinster and Ulster frontliners return

Leinster are defending a run of 19 games undefeated at their Ballsbridge home

Paddy Jackson returns from injury for Ulster clash with Connacht

Outhalf one of seven changes while Connacht swap six for Ravenhill encounter

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