Ulster and Exeter face off in a crucial European Rugby Champions Cup match, with both teams fighting to extend their season in the Challenge Cup. While advancing to the Champions Cup knockout stage is a long shot, winning this match guarantees a place in the Challenge Cup Round of 16.
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Maybe they’re better off, for the reward of advancing would almost certainly mean a last 16 tie away to Bordeaux-Bègles or Leinster. But as the fifth-placed sides in each pool advance to an away Round of 16 tie in the Challenge Cup, whereas the last-placed sides drop out altogether, in essence therefore this is a playoff for the consolation of keeping their European season alive in the secondary competition.
Cormac Izuchukwu is joined by Iain Henderson in a strong Ulster secondrow. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho Herring and Tom Stewart return at hooker, the former starting and the latter on the bench, while the timely return to fitness of Stewart Moore and Michael Lowry strengthens a back three area where Ethan McIlroy was their latest casualty last week with a significant knee injury.
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