The side is determined to make amends for the defeat at the Madejski Stadium last weekend and to give their tremendous supporters something to cheer about ahead of the Christmas period.

A look at the Ulster playing record shows that since the beginning of the year (Jan 2006), Ulster have played  24 competitive matches, won 17, drawn 2 and lost 5 - it's a tremendous record so don't count this team out of it just yet!

Coach Mark McCall said yesterday at the weekly media session, "Our aim on Friday is to deliver a better performance than we did at the weekend, recognise the areas where we need a big, big improvement and improve on those areas and be smarter in the way we play."

To view pics from Ulster training this week click here