Preview: Ulster v Newport Dragons
The Dragons made it seven wins from nine games at Rodney Parade this season when they beat title hopefuls Leinster last Friday but it was a defeat against Ulster back in November that still haunts Landman.
The South African ignored men outside him during the 19-12 loss against Ulster, only to be held up over the line at the death in a performance that deserved a Dragons victory.
The Dragons, who have not been victorious in Belfast since September 2008, have not won away from home in the competition since a trip to Treviso last March, while Ulster have lost only one of their last four encounters with Dragons.
"That's one that we should have won and I should have passed at the end. The boys outside me got flashes of that game when I took it up against Leinster but luckily I got it away. We need to correct what happened against Ulster because we threw it away. We are chasing an 80-minute performance on Friday.
"What a difference a week makes. We played in the right areas in the first half then in the second half, the boys showed a lot of guts when Leinster were hammering away at our try line. We didn't give a score away and the belief went up," said Landman.
Flyhalf Angus O'Brien will make his first Dragons start in almost a year. The 21-year-old, whose last start was against London Welsh in February 2015, wears the No.10 jersey in Belfast after Jason Tovey was ruled out with a back problem.
Charlie Davies gets the nod at scrumhalf while loosehead Phil Price and hooker Elliot Dee come in up front. Ben White, on a three-week loan from Exeter, starts at blindside while Ed Jackson returns at No.8.
Ulster will start as red-hot favourites and field a strong side featuring South Africa ace Ruan Pienaar at scrumhalf and Ireland internationals Stuart Olding, Darren Cave and Craig Gilroy among their backs.
This game was postponed from its original date in early January to accommodate the rearranged European Cup game between Ulster and Oyonnax.
Ulster's only defeat in their last four fixtures was 17-33 at Saracens in the Champions Cup on 16 January, while they slipped up in their most recent Pro12 home game to Munster and Peter Browne is eager for Ulster to kick-start an important run on the front foot.
"The focus is against the Dragons but the next weekend we've got Glasgow and then the Scarlets on the Sunday after that. These three home games are really big for us and we're looking forward to the challenge and, hopefully, we'll get the wins," he said.
Teams:
Ulster: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Stuart Olding, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Sean Reidy, 6 Robbie Diack, 5 Peter Browne, 4 Alan O'Connor, 3 Ricky Lutton, 2 Rob Herring (captain), 1 Callum Black.
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Kyle McCall, 18 Bronson Ross, 19 Clive Ross, 20 Nick Williams, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Rory Scholes.
Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Angus O’Brien, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Ed Jackson, 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Ben White, 5 Rynard Landman (captain), 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Cory Hill, 20 James Benjamin, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Geraint Rhys Jones, 23 Nick Scott.
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