Ulster Rugby vs Barbarians

ALEX GOODE

POSTITION FULL BACK CLUB SARACENS CAPS ENGLAND 21 8 POINTS – 1T, 1PG

BORN 07.05.88 CAMBRIDGE HEIGHT 1.86M (6’1”) WEIGHT 91KG (14ST 4LB)

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Alex Goode was the Aviva Premiership Player of the Season for 2015/16 and is also a double European Champions Cup winner with Saracens, the club he has helped to lift the Premiership title three times. Initially a fly half, he made his Saracens debut soon after his 20th birthday, moved to full back and his first Test start was at Port Elizabeth five years ago. His most recent cap was in the Fiji match last November. IAN MADIGAN

POSTITION FLY HALF CLUB BORDEAUX BEAGLES CAPS IRELAND 30 121 PTS – 2T, 27C, 19PG

BORN 21.3.89

DUBLIN HEIGHT 1.80M (5’11”) WEIGHT 90KG (14ST 2LB)

Ian Madigan joined Bordeaux Bègles from Leinster at the start of this season. He first appeared for Ireland in the 13-13 draw with France at the Aviva Stadium in 2013 and won the Bank of Ireland Player of the Year and PRO12 Golden Boot awards at the end of that campaign. He featured off the bench in Leinster's 2011 and 2012 Heineken Cup final wins over Northampton Saints and Ulster and also helped Ireland to become the 2014 Six Nations champions.

JOE TEKORI

POSTITION FLANKER CLUB TOULOUSE CAPS SAMOA 34 20 POINTS – 4T

BORN 17.12.83 APIA HEIGHT 1.98M (6’6”) WEIGHT 131KG (20ST 8LB)

Iosefa Tekori, popularly known as ‘Joe’, scored tries against France, Japan and Fiji in a four-Test sequence during 2009/10. His first match at that level was against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2007 before he began his ten-year stay in the Top 14. He played for Auckland in 2005/06 before moving to French club Castres and captained them before joining Toulouse in 2011. He scored one of the Barbarians’ five tries when Wales were beaten 31-28 six years ago and touched down against England last weekend.

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