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Ulster rugby team returns to action against Glasgow Warriors with five returning internationals including Tom Stewart and Jacob Stockdale, who earns his 150th cap. Glasgow counters with key players Sione Tuipulotu and Fin Richardson in their starting lineup for the United Rugby Championship Round 2 fixture.
ULSTER WILL COUNT upon five returning internationals as they seek to bounce back from their URC Round 1 defeat by Edinburgh when they take on Glasgow Warriors on the road this Saturday .
Skipper Tom Stewart, Cormac Izuchukwu, Bryn Ward and Jacob Stockdale are all included in Richie Murphy’s starting lineup, while Nathan Doak is among the replacements. Stockdale’s appearance at fullback will mark his 150th Ulster cap. Former Munster tighthead Keynan Knox will make his first start in the front row, as will scrum-half Matthew Devine and wing Chay Mullins.
Murphy has opted for a 6-2 split on Ulster’s bench, with Juarno Augustus the eighth man alongside backline replacements Doak and Jake Flannery. Glasgow have also recalled some big hitters who were involved in Scotland’s summer Test window, with Sione Tuipulotu, Fin Richardson and Angus Fraser added to Warriors’ starting lineup. Advertisement Callum Reidy is set to make his debut for Franco Smith’s side from the bench.
Glasgow Warriors Josh McKay Kyle Rowe Stafford McDowall Sione Tuipulotu Jamie Dobie Dan Lancaster George Horne Patrick Schickerling Gregor Hiddleston Fin Richardson Gregor Brown Max Williamson Ally Miller Angus Fraser Matt Fagerson Replacements: Seb Stephen Nathan McBeth Sam Talakai Scott Cummings Rory Darge Macenzzie Duncan Callum Reidy Bayley Kuenzle Ulster Rugby Jacob Stockdale Chay Mullins Ethan McIlroy Jamie Benson Zac Ward Jack Murphy Matthew Devine Eric O’Sullivan Tom Stewart Keynan Knox Cormac Izuchukwu Eli Snyman James McKillop David McCann Bryn Ward Replacements: Henry Walker Tom McAllister Eduardo Bello Ben Donnell James McNabney Nathan Doak Jake Flannery Juarno Augustus Referee: Christopher Allison
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