Ulster team news – Bell and Hume outpublished at 17:06 BST
Ulster v Exeter Chiefs (17:30 BST)
Australia prop Angus Bell and centre James Hume have been ruled out of Ulster’s Challenge Cup semi-final with Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
Both players had been injury doubts for the game after being forced off in the United Rugby Championship defeat by Leinster in April.
On Tuesday, Ulster said Bell would be assessed for a foot injury, while Hume had a neck complaint, but neither player is fit enough to feature.
Sam Crean is joined by Tom Stewart and Tom O’Toole in the front row, while captain Ian Henderson and Cormac Izuchukwu make up the second row.
Nick Timoney has returned from injury to be named in the back row alongside David McCann and Juarno Augustus.
Nathan Doak and Jack Murphy will line out at half-back, while Stuart McCloskey and the returning Jude Postlethwaite start at centre.
Jacob Stockdale, Zac Ward and Michael Lowry make up the back three.
Bryn Ward, another casualty from the defeat by Leinster, is fit enough to take his place on the bench.
Ulster: Lowry; Z Ward; Postlethwaite, McCloskey; Stockdale; Murphy, Doak; Crean, Stewart, O’Toole’ Henderson (capt), Izuchukwu; McCann, Timoney, Augustus.
Replacements: McCormick, O’Sullivan, McAllister, Irvine, B Ward, McKee, Flannery, McIlroy.
