Rob Herring returns to captain Ulster against Zebre

Rory Scholes starts on the right wing for Ulster against Zebre on Friday night, just two days after it was announced he is leaving the province for Edinburgh at the end of the season.

Less Kiss has made four changes in total from the side which were beaten by Cardiff Blues last weekend, including the return of Rob Herring, who will captain the side from hooker.

Herring forms a new-look frontrow with Kyle McCall and Ricky Lutton, while the rest of the pack remains unchanged.

Luke Marshall, who signed a new two-year deal with Ulster on Wednesday, starts in the centre alongside Stuart Olding, while Ruan Pienaar and Paddy jackson resume their halfback partnership.

Ulster: C Gilroy, R Scholes, L Marshall, S Olding, J Stockdale, P Jackson, R Pienaar, K McCall, R Herring (captain), R Lutton, P Browne, F van der Merwe, R Diack, C Henry, N Williams. Replacements: J Andrew, C Black, A Warwick, R Wilson, S Reidy, P Marshall, S Windsor, D Cave.

Zebre: Mils Muliaina, Giulio Toniolatti, Giulio Bisegni, Tommaso Castello, Kayle Van Zyl, Edoardo Padovani, Fabio Semenzato, Federico Ruzza, Johan Meyer, Emiliano Caffini, Marco Bortolami, Quintin Geldenhuys, Dario Chistolini, Oliviero Fabiani, Andrea De Marchi. Replacements: Emiliano Coria, Guillermo Roan, Pietro Ceccarelli, Gideon Koegelenberg, Filippo Cristiano, Luke Burgess, Ian McKinley, Ulrich Beyers.