RUGBY: Triple injury blow for Ulster

Ulster were dealt a heavy blow on Tuesday when Charles Piutau, Sean Reidy and Rob Lyttle were all ruled out for some considerable time with injury.

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Feb 2018, 15:40 BST

Updated 13th Feb 2018, 15:43 BST

Piutau and Reidy retired injured during the first half of Ulster's 59-10 win against Southern Kings in the Guinness PRO14 last Friday night at Kingspan Stadium.

Piutau dislocated a rib cartilage and he will be unavailable for selection for a number of weeks.

Reidy sustained a medial ligament knee injury that will keep him out of action for approximately six weeks

Lyttle was forced off after he scored the second of two tries - and it was confirmed on Tuesday he had suffered a hamstring injury of significance and he is expected to return to playing in 4-6 weeks.

Ulster Rugby also confirmed Andrew Trimble (back) and Peter Nelson (hamstring) have returned to training and are in contention for Friday's clash versus Edinburgh in Belfast