Ulster Rugby v Cardiff Blues

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HERRING HIT

Not too many players reach the milestone of 150 caps for the Province, but having served seven seasons with Ulster and been a regular -m7 u;Ѵb-0Ѵ; orঞom -| _ooh;uķ |o7-‹ ;uubm] will reach that mark. Since joining in 2012, he has been a regular in match-day squads and has been there for the highs and the lows, playing a key role in play- o@ u†mv 0o|_ 7ol;vঞ1-ѴѴ‹ -m7 bm †uor;ķ -m7 is now a fan favourite at Kingspan Stadium. Ş |ŝv vm†1h †r om l; - Ѵb‚Ѵ; 0b|ĴŞ _; -7lb|v ‰_;m -vh;7 -0o†| _bমm] ƐƔƏĺ Ş ŝˆ; u;-ѴѴ‹ enjoyed my seven seasons here. "I moved here when I was 22 and I don't have -m‹ bm|;mঞomv |o ]o _ol; -| |_; lol;m|ĺ |_bmh 7;Cmb|;Ѵ‹ b|ŝv - 1Ѵ†0 ŝl u;-ѴѴ‹ ruo†7 |o play for and I recognise that it's a massive rubˆbѴ;]; ;ˆ;u‹ ঞl; r†ѴѴ om |_-| f;uv;‹ĺ "The players and the people of this Province, what it represents, it's something that grows with you since. It's massively special to get to 150 but it's a massive privilege to play every ঞl;ķ ;vr;1b-ѴѴ‹ -| _ol;ĺŞ Of course, when reaching a milestone, it's -Ѵ‰-‹v blrou|-m| |o u;Y;1| om |_; _b]_Ѵb]_|vķ of which Herring surely has many from an already storied career at the Province. "There's been a couple," he recalls. "You look at those European games, Harlequins last year, l‹ Cuv| ঞl; 1-r|-bmbm] &Ѵv|;u ‰-v - ]u;-|

lol;m| |_-| ŝѴѴ -Ѵ‰-‹v _-ˆ;ĺ $_;u;ŝv 7;Cmb|;Ѵ‹ a few along the way that stand out." omŝ| ];| _bl v;mঞl;m|-Ѵ |_o†]_ķ 0;1-†v;ķ as Herring himself is keen to point out, there's business to be done over the next few weeks for Ulster in both the Guinness PRO14 and Heineken Champions Cup. [;u |_; Ѵ†;v 1ol;v |_; †uor;-m 7o†0Ѵ;Ŋ header against Scarlets, followed by three =;vঞˆ; bm|;uruoˆbm1b-Ѵ ]-l;v -m7 |_;m |_; Cm-Ѵ |‰o †uor;-m l-|1_;v Ŋ ;b]_| _†]; ]-l;v |_-| 1o†Ѵ7 7;Cm; |_; v;-vom -_;-7ĺ "oķ om1; |_; rolr -m7 1;u;lom‹ o= _bমm] his milestone is out of the way, it's all about the game for Herring. "I think we had a small chat about it as a group, this next block is massively important," says the hooker, who returns from bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵ 7†|‹ |_bv ‰;;hĺ "I think if you look at the league now, we need |o v|-u| hb1hbm] om -m7 r†v_bm] =ou |_ov; Cuv| |‰o vro|vĺ |ŝv v;মm] †v †r =ou |_; ;m7 o= |_; season if you start to push on. "Obviously we need to take it game by game but we have to recognise how important this 0Ѵo1h bv -m7 _or;=†ѴѴ‹ bm ;b]_| ‰;;hvĽ ঞl; ‰; 1ol; o†| Ѵoohbm] ru;‚‹ v|uom]ĺŞ One of the things that has impressed him recently, however, has been the form of young

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