Ulster went down fighting in a 43-31 defeat by Bordeaux at Stade Chaban-Delmas that ends their Investec Champions Cup campaign at the last-16 stage.
Ulster scored six tries on their way to claiming a dramatic 38-34 comeback victory over Stormers to boost their United Rugby Championship playoff hopes after trailing 17-0.
Olympian Zac Ward is set to start on the wing for Emerging Ireland on Wednesday against the Pumas in Bloemfontein.
The forward enjoyed a productive season with his country on the HSBC SVNS circuit and was then involved in a sixth-place finish at the Paris Games.
Double Rugby World Cup-winning prop, Steven Kitshoff, stands on the brink of making his debut for the Irish province Ulster this weekend against Glasgow Warriors.
Leicester and Ulster have named their sides for this Friday night's European Challenge Cup semi-final at Welford Road.
Dan McFarland is keeping changes to a minimum at Ulster after an indefinitely suspended season where they qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and lie in second in their PRO14 conference.
Schools level Irish athletics has been taken by storm by the record-breaking Aaron Sexton, but he will now be moving from the track to the rugby field after getting snapped up by Ulster.
Check out our top XV of performers from a compelling weekend of knockout European rugby, where the Irish derby between Leinster and Ulster and the all-French affair between Racing 92 and Toulouse stole the show.