Ulster v Newcastle: teams

After impressive performances against Leicester last Saturday, Jared Payne, Michael Allen and Chris Farell retain their starting positions in the Ulster backline.
New signing Nick Williams got his Ulster career off to an impressive start with some good ball carries and trademark offloads and will once again pack down at No.8.
Meanwhile, Newcastle have made seven changes ahead of Dean Richards’ first game in charge.
After victories over Doncaster, Leeds and Edinburgh in the past three weeks, the Championship side is facing their last test before the start of the season at Bristol on September 2nd.
Rory Lawson is handed his first start at scrum-half with Suka Hufanga, Tom Catterick and Alex Tait all given a chance to impress in the backline.
Jonny Golding starts in the front-row following a bout of flu while Will Welch returns as captain after recovering from a back injury and James Hudson comes into the second row.
Ulster: J Payne; M Allen, C Farrell, L Marshall, C Gilroy; P Jackson, M Heaney; C Black, R Herring,  D Fitzpatrick; J Muller, L Stevenson;  R Diack, M McComish, N Williams.
Replacements: N Annett, N Brady, R Lutton, J Afoa, A Macklin, N McComb, A Birch, S Doyle, B McIlroy, N O’Connor, P Nelson,  C Cochrane.
Newcastle Falcons: Luke Fielden; Alex Tait, Suka Hufanga, Tane Tu’ipulotu, Tom Catterick; Jimmy Gopperth, Rory Lawson; Jonny Golding, Rob Vickers, Oliver Tomaszczyk; Carlo del Fava, James Hudson; Chris York, Will Welch, Ally Hogg.
Replacements: Matt Thompson, Grant Shiells, James Hall, Scott MacLeod, Richard Mayhew,  Chris Pilgrim,  Waisea Luveniyali.