On Friday 25th August, the senior squads clash; while an A side from both teams will meet on Saturday 26th. The points scored by both teams in each match will be added together and the club with the highest aggregate score will be crowned the Grafton Challenge Champions.

Looking ahead to the challenge Bester said, “I was not happy with the Saracens result and we made too many errors, but there was some good performances and plenty of positives for us to take forward.

“Ulster just like Saracens will provide us with a stern test and although some of their Irish Internationals will not be taking part, they still have plenty of others who will be. But if we perform as I know we can, then I expect to win.”

The Squads

Squad for Ulster

15 Brendan Burke, 14 Jon Feeley, 13 Brian Touhy, 12 Bernard Hennessey, 11 Showan Smith, 10 Mike Whitehead, 9 Joe Bedford (V/C), 1 Jarleth Carey, 2 Neil Hanna, 3 Adam Hopcroft, 4 Jannie Bornman, 5 Erik Lund, 6 Hendre Fourie, 7 Neil Cochrane (Capt), 8 Barry Jacobsz

Replacements:

16 Jamie Blackwood, 17 Gareth Steenson, 18 John Buchanan, 19 Nigel Conroy, 20 Henry Head, 21 Steve Croall, 22 Michael McComish

Squad for Ulster A

15 Tom Outram, 14 Duncan Richardson, 13 Tom Allen, 12 John Buchanan, 11 Geoff Griffiths 10 Gareth Steenson, 9   Jamie Blackwood, 1 Sam Walsh, 2 Nigel Conroy, 3 Steve Croall, 4 Louis McGowan, 5 Tim Maslanyk, 6 Jamie Sutton 7 Michael McComish, 8 Henry Head

Replacements:

Tom Outram, Johny Larby, James Waterhouse, John Cox.

Ulster Squad for Friday’s Game:

Forwards:

Justin Fitzpatrick, Declan Fitzpatrick, Tom Court, Paul Shields, Stuart Philpott, Justin Harrison, Tim Barker, Ryan Caldwell, Neil McMillan, Kieron Dawson, Stephen Ferris, Chris Henry

Backs:

Kieran Campbell, Paul Marshall, David Humphreys, Paddy Wallace, Paul Steinmetz, Kevin Maggs, Andrew Maxwell, Scott Young, Mark Bartholomeusz, Bryn Cunningham

Tickets for Friday’s match (kick off 7.30PM) are priced at £10 adults or £6 children for the stand and £7 adults or £5 children for the ground while tickets for Saturday’s match (Kick Off 1.00PM) are priced at £5 adults and £2 children anywhere in the ground.

**Ticket Offer - If supporters purchase a ticket in advance of Friday night’s fixture they can use it to gain FREE entry into Saturday’s match**

Tickets will go on sale on Monday 7th August and will be available to purchase from www.ulsterrugby.com