Rob Herring ruled out of Ulster-Connacht clash with ankle injury

ROB HERRING IS out for Ulster’s URC clash with Connacht on Friday night at Kingspan Stadium, with Billy Burns also a doubt. 

Herring, the hooker, injured his ankle during the second half of Saturday’s Champions Cup match against Racing 92 and is unavailable for selection this week, according to the province. 

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Out-half Billy Burns suffered an arm injury in the same match and his “availability will be assessed during the week,” Ulster said. 

Centre Luke Marshall, who injured his ankle in training last week, is also unavailable for selection against Connacht.

Back-row forwrd Sean Reffell has resumed full training and is now available for selection following the ankle injury he sustained last January. 

Ethan McIlroy has also returned to team training this week.