European Champions Cup
Ulster sweat on fitness of five
ESPN Staff
December 8, 2014
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Stuart Olding was one of five Ulster players injured against Scarlets © Getty Images
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Ulster are sweating on the fitness of five players ahead of their trip to Llanelli to play Scarlets this Sunday.

Stuart Olding, Stuart McClosley, Wiehahn Herbst, Franco van der Merwe and Nick Williams were all forced off in the club's bonus-point win over Scarlets at Ravenhill on Sunday and are injury doubts ahead of the crucial return fixture.

"Hopefully it's not too serious because resources are stretched," said coach Neil Doak. "We will have a look on Monday and Tuesday to see how those guys come through."

Ulster require another bonus-point win if they are to keep their hopes of qualifying from competitive Pool 3 alive. They sit third in the table behind Toulon and Leicester Tigers, who meet again this weekend in the south of France. Ulster play Toulon away and Leicester in Belfast in January.

"We knew what we needed to get done and I am very happy with that," added Doak. "Credit to the guys, they stuck at it. When we played territory we put them under pressure and got the scores on the board. We got the bonus point and it keeps us in the mix and if we can pick something up (over there) it means the last two games could be in better reach than the first two were."

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