Ulster Rugby v Southern Kings

BILLY BURNS:

“WE BACK OURSELVES ANYONE AT HOME”

Ulster’s out-half is in bullish mood ahead of today’s clash against the Kings – but knows from experience that the South Africans bring a real threat.

=uol -m‹‰_;u;ĺ "o =ou †v b|ĽѴѴ 0; ˆ;u‹ l†1_ about containing them and making sure |_-| o†u -‚-1hbm] ]-l; bv -Ѵvo ˆ;u‹ v|uom] 0;1-†v; |_;‹Ľu; vo r_‹vb1-Ѵ |_-| ‹o† 1-mĽ| f†v| u†m bm|o |_;v; 0o‹vķ ‹o†Ľˆ; ]o| |o loˆ; |_; 0-ѴѴ -m7 1_-ѴѴ;m]; |_;l bm 7b@;u;m| ‰-‹vĺ “But,” he concludes, “we back ourselves -]-bmv| -m‹om; -| _ol;ĺ "o ‰;ĽѴѴ 0; 1omC7;m|ķ 0†| ‰;ĽѴѴ hmo‰ |_-| ‰; _-ˆ; |o ঞ1h -ѴѴ |_; 0oŠ;v |o ];| - ]oo7 u;v†Ѵ|ĺĿ With 18 senior appearances and 34 points under his belt since joining the Province from Gloucester in the close season, the 24-year- oѴ7 _-v m;;7;7 Ѵb‚Ѵ; ঞl; |o -7-r| |o - m;‰ club and a new league – one he feels suits _bv ]-l; r;u_-rv 0;‚;u |_-m |_; m]Ѵbv_ Premiership did. ľ$_;u;Ľv mo| - _†]; -lo†m| o= 7b@;u;m1;ķĿ _; v†]];v|vķ ľ0†| oˆ;u _;u; Ľ7 v-‹ |_;u;Ľv lou; individual brilliance in games, whereas the Premiership is more set-piece driven. I think |_; t†-Ѵb|‹ bv -v ]oo7 b= mo| 0;‚;u oˆ;u _;u;ķ -m7 Ľl ;mfo‹bm] |_; v|‹Ѵ; o= u†]0‹ ‰;Ľu; trying to play. ľ |Ľv l‹ Cuv| ‹;-u bm |_; 1olr;ঞঞom vo _-ˆ;mĽ| ]o| -m‹ ru;ˆbo†v ;Šr;ub;m1;ķ 0†| from speaking to the boys, I think the quality o= |_; vb7;v ‰_o ‰;u; ro|;mঞ-ѴѴ‹ Ѵo‰;u

Billy Burns has seen enough in his inaugural season at Ulster Rugby to know no Guinness PRO14 rival should be taken for ]u-m|;7 ŋ mo| Ѵ;-v| |_bv ;ˆ;mbm]Ľv orrom;m|v the Southern Kings – a side that Ulster v|u†]]Ѵ;7 |o Cmbv_ o@ bm |_; -‰-‹ CŠ|†u; Ѵ-v| September. -m 1 -uѴ-m7Ľv vb7; u-m o†| ;ˆ;m|†-Ѵ ‰bmm;uv 0‹ ƑѶ robm|v |o ƕ |_-| 7-‹ -| |_; ;Ѵvom -m7;Ѵ- -‹ "|-7b†lķ 0†| -v †umv recalls, the Ulstermen had it far from their own way, leading by a slender two points ]obm] bm|o |_; Cm-Ѵ t†-u|;u 0;=ou; Ѵ-|; |ub;v =uol -u1;ѴѴ o;|Œ;;ķ m]†v ;umo_-m -m7 m]†v †uঞv r†| 1Ѵ;-u 7-‹Ѵb]_| 0;|‰;;m |_; teams. “The game we played over there was hugely 1_-ѴѴ;m]bm] =ou ѵƏŋƕƏ lbm†|;v 0;=ou;ķ Ѵ†1hbѴ‹ enough, we managed to pull away,” admits Burns. “The Kings have got huge amounts of talent -ѴѴ oˆ;u |_; r-uhĺ $_;‹Ľu; 0b] 0o‹v -m7 |_;‹Ľˆ; ]o| vol; u-rb7 0-1hvķ vo ‰;Ľu; ]obm] to have to focus on ourselves and try to get a result. ľ$_; ‰;-|_;u bv v|-uঞm] |o 7u‹ †r -m7 |_; rb|1_ bv ];মm] Cul;u vo |_; |;-lv |_-| Ѵbh; to play ball-in-hand rugby can be a threat

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