EDINBURGH v ULSTER

TEAM NEWS: Scrum-half Paul Marshall is set to make his 150th appearance for Ulster, with Callum Black, Franco van der Merwe and Nick Williams also back. LAST THREE MEETINGS: Feb 15 — Edinburgh 17 Ulster 20. Oct 14 — Ulster 30

Edinburgh 0. Mar 14 — Edinburgh 3 Ulster 9.

VERDICT: Ulster

KEY STAT

Edinburgh have won just one of their last nine encounters with Ulster in all tournaments: 14-8 at Murrayfield in the Guinness PRO12 in March.

ULSTER: L Ludik; C Gilroy, S Arnold, S McCloskey, A Trimble; P Nelson, P Marshall; C Black, R Herring, W Herbst, D Tuohy, F van der Merwe, R Wilson, S Reidy, N Williams. Reps: J Andrew, A Warwick, B Ross, L Stevenson, D Shanahan, R Scholes, I Humphreys, W Faloon.

EDINBURGH: G Tonks, T Brown, C Dean, A Strauss, D Hoyland, P Burleigh, N Fowles, R Sutherland, N Cochrane, J Andress, A Bresler, F McKenzie, M Coman, H Watson, N Manu.

Reps: G Turner, A Dell, S Berghan, A Toolis, C du Preez, S Kennedy, W Helu, J Cuthbert.

Referee: D Phillips (Ire). TV: LIVE Sky Sports 3 (7.45).