United Rugby Championship: Ulster's Billy Burns returns for Edinburgh clash

He's recovered from a head injury that kept him out of Ulster's defeat to Munster

Billy Burns
Author: James GouldPublished 29th Apr 2022

Ulster fans can breathe as Billy Burns has recovered from the head injury that kept him out of Ulster's defeat to Munster.

He returns to the team for Saturday's game against Edinburgh.

Michael Lowry moves back to full-back as Nathan Doak replaces John Cooney at scrum-half.

Marcus Rea and Duane Vermeulen are in the back row with Gareth Milasinovich and Kieran Treadwell also brought in the mix.

Ulster are out to stop a three-game losing run in the competition.

The province are currently in fifth place on 51 points, while seventh placed Edinburgh are just two points behind.

Just four points separate the teams currently ranked second to eighth, so it is all to play for.

Ulster: Lowry; Baloucoune, Hume, McCloskey, McIlroy; Burns, Doak; Warwick, Herring, Milasinovich, Treadwell, Henderson; Marcus Rea, Timoney, Vermeuelen.

Replacements: Roberts, O'Sullivan, Kane, O'Connor, Matty Rea, Cooney, S Moore, Lyttle.