Trimble injury concern for Ulster

MAGNERS LEAGUE
Venue: Firhill Stadium Date: Friday, 25 March Kick-off: 2005 GMT
Coverage: Live on BBC2 Northern Ireland & BBC Sport website

Andrew Trimble played in Ireland’s Six Nations win over England

Andrew Trimble is an injury doubt for Ulster’s Magners League game against Glasgow at Firhill on Friday night.

The winger sustained a quad injury during Ireland’s win over England and his fitness will be assessed this week.

The remainder of the province’s international players return to the squad and are available for selection.

Rory Best, Tom Court and Paddy Wallace were all involved in Ireland’s Six Nations game in Dublin while Simon Danielli was in action for Scotland.

Twenty-year-old winger Conor Gaston, who made his debut in the win over the Dragons, is in the 36-man panel.

Ulster have won their last four league matches and are up to fourth and in the hunt for a place in the play-offs.

Injured prop BJ Botha remains out but his return to action is imminent, along with fly-half Ian Humphreys.

Stephen Ferris is making good progress and Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin remains hopeful that he will be available for the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Northampton on 9 April.

“The players know they got out of jail against the Dragons, who probably deserved the points,” admitted McLaughlin.

“Having said that, they came back and showed great composure and a magnificent will to win.

“Every game is like a cup final now and we must make sure we are 100 per cent every time we take to the pitch.”

Ulster squad – forwards: J Cronin, D Fitzpatrick, T Court, A Macklin, P McAllister, B Young, R Best, N Brady, A Kyriacou, R Caldwell, N McComb, D Tuohy, J Muller, T Barker, P Wannenburg, TJ Anderson, W Faloon, C Henry, R Diack.

Backs: R Pienaar, P Marshall, P Jackson, N O’Connor, I Whitten, N Spence, P Wallace, D Cave, M McCrea, A Trimble, S Danielli, T Seymour, C Gilroy, C Gaston, D McIlwaine, J Smith, A D’Arcy.