Les Kiss makes five changes for Ulster’s trip to Treviso

Benetton Rugby v Ulster, Stadio Monigo, Saturday September 9th (5.05ko)

Les Kiss has made five changes to his Ulster side for Saturday's trip to play Treviso.

Ulster got their Pro 14 campaigh off to a fine start with a resounding 42-19 win over new boys the Cheetahs at Ravenhill last weekend.

And they head to Italy boosted by the return of three Irish internationals - with Luke Marshall, Kieran Treadwell and Jacob Stockdale all named in the starting XV.

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Kiss has retained his midfield partnership of Stuart McCloskey and Tommy Bowe, while Christian Lealiifano makes his second start at outhalf.

In the forwards Treadwell starts in the engine room with Robbie Diack, with Matthew Rea making his first Ulster start on the blindside following his debut off the bench last Friday.

Ulster: Louis Ludik, Andrew Trimble, Tommy Bowe, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Christian Lealiifano, John Cooney; Callum Black, Rob Herring, Wiehahn Herbst, Robbie Diack, Kieran Treadwell, Matthew Rea, Sean Reidy, Jean Deysel. Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Rodney Ah You, Peter Browne, Chris Henry, David Shanahan, Peter Nelson, Luke Marshall.

Treviso: Jayden Hayward, Angelo Esposito, Alberto Sgarbi (C), Tommaso Allan, Tommaso Benvenuti, Ian McKinley, Tito Tebaldi; Federico Zani, Luca Bigi, Simone Ferrari, Marco Lazzaroni, Federico Ruzza, Francesco Minto, Sebastien Negri, Whetu Douglas. Replacements: Engjel Makelara, Cherif Traore, Tiziano Pasquali, Marco Barbini, Abraham Steyn, Giorgio Bronzini, Edoardo Gori, Marco Zanon.