With Ulster’s influential captain Andy Ward, out for at least a month with another injury, coach Mark McCall has announced that South African openside Gavin Pfister will be joining the province as a replacement.

The 30-year-old South African has played for Free State, Western Province and Worcester and arrives to Ulster after a six-month stint with English National Division One Pertemps Bees.The contract will run to the end of June and Pfister will only be eligible for the Celtic League.

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