The versatile Stewart Moore replaces Lowry, while Zac Ward swaps the right wing for the left wing, with South African Werner Kok promoted to the run-on team. Up front Tom Stewart is named as hooker with Sean Reffell introduced at openside flanker.<\/p>\n
Nick Timoney moves to number eight. Rob Herring and Dave McCann drop to a bench that includes Jude Postlethwaite, who wasn\u2019t in the matchday 23 last week. Due to Storm Amy, the kick-off time has been brought forward a little over an hour from its original slot of 8.05pm.<\/p>\n
Ulster will face an Edinburgh side that will have access to five of their British and Irish Lions. Darcy Graham will play his first match since picking up an injury on the tour in Australia, while on the other wing Duhan van der Merwe starts having been among the replacements last week.<\/p>\n
Prop Pierre Schoemann, hooker Ewan Ashman and Grant Gilchrist, who toured with the Lions in the summer, are named in the starting pack. Tipperary native and Scotland international Ben Healy retains his place at outhalf, so too, English born, Irish qualified centre Piers O\u2019Conor, who joined Edinburgh from Connacht during the summer.<\/p>\n
Head coach Sean Everitt has made five changes to the side that lost 31-28 to Zebre at the Stadio Lanfranchi last weekend. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s brilliant to be able to welcome guys of that calibre into our side. It was great to see them playing so well in the famous red jerseys this summer, and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing them back at home in front of our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ulster recovered from handing the Dragons a 7-0 start last week to run in six tries, four from the pack, in a 42-21 win. Lowry\u2019s injury is both unfortunate and inopportune given his outstanding performance in that match, a catalyst in attack with his footwork, pace and appreciation of the running lines of team-mates.<\/p>\n
Stockdale was conspicuously excellent going forward, a statement that also applied to Ward and indeed the three-quarter line in general. Jack Murphy and Nathan Doak managed the plentiful supply of possession pretty well. The pack provided that platform, Tom O\u2019Toole industrious, while Cormac Izuchukwu, Dave McCann and Timoney managed to impact the game in their primary roles and further afield.<\/p>\n
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Edinburgh Rugby head coach Sean Everitt, who has backed Edinburgh to deliver a positive response to their opening-day humbling away to Zebre when they host Ulster in their second United Rugby Championship match of the season on Friday. Photograph: Andrew Milligan\/ PA Wire <\/p>\n