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Jacob Stockdale has returned from injury as Ulster name a strong team to face Stade Francais in the Challenge Cup in Belfast on Saturday [13:00 GMT].
Both sides have already qualified for the knockout stages but the French side hold a one-point advantage over Ulster at the top of Pool Three.
Ulster were awarded a 28-0 win over the Cheetahs in their penultimate fixture after sub-zero temperatures in the Netherlands meant the game could not be played.
Head coach Richie Murphy has made 10 changes from the starting team which was set to take on the Cheetahs.
Harry Sheridan, David McCann, Nathan Doak, Zac Ward and James Hume are the only players to retain their starting jerseys for the game at Affidea Stadium.
Stockdale returns at full-back after he sustained a rib injury against Munster while Robert Baloucoune and Ward make up the back three.
Stuart McCloskey and Hume will form the centre partnership as Jack Murphy returns at fly-half alongside Doak.
Australian prop Angus Bell starts with Tom Stewart and Tom O’Toole, while Iain Henderson will captain the side from the second row with Harry Sheridan.
McCann, Nick Timoney and Bryn Ward will start in the back row as hooker Rob Herring, who signed a new contract extension, is named on the bench.
Ulster: J Stockdale; R Baloucoune; J Hume, S McCloskey; Z Ward; J Murphy, N Doak; A Bell, T Stewart, T O’Toole; I Henderson, H Sheridan; D McCann, N Timoney, B Ward.
Replacements: R Herring, E O’Sullivan, S Wilson, M Dalton, S Reffell, C McKee, J Flannery, J Postlethwaite.
