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)_;m ub1 Ľ"†ѴѴbˆ-m -uubˆ;7 =ou ru;Ŋv;-vom |u-bmbm] -v -m 00;‹ Insurance Academy member in June 2019, he set himself a goal of earning 5 Senior Ulster caps by the end of the season. ERIC O'SULLIVAN

of the best players I’ve ever coached at Trinity”. Quite the compliment given that was "l;;|_Ľv ƐƖ|_ v;-vom bm rov|ĺ M ENTAL SKILLS We all know props are known for their bm|;ѴѴb];m1; -m7 Ľ"†ѴѴbˆ-m bv mo 7b@;u;m|ĺ All the hard work studying at Trinity was not put to waste and certainly taught him the ˆ-Ѵ†; o= - ]oo7 ;7†1-ঞomķ -v _; ‰-v -0Ѵ; |o |u-mv=;u _bv v|†7b;v -m7 -| _ubv|l-v ƑƏƐѶ he graduated from Ulster University with a †vbm;vv ;]u;;ĺ “ uo=;vvbom-Ѳ u†]0‹ ‰-v vol;|_bm] -Ѳ‰-‹v ‰-m|;7 |o ];| bm|o -m7 b| ‰-v vࢼѲѲ ˆ;u‹ l†1_ - ]o-Ѳ o= lbm;Ķ 0†| 0;=ou; ]o| |_; 1-ѲѲ =uol b;u-m ‰-v -| |_; v|-]; ‰_;u; ‰-v v|-uࢼm] |o =o1†v lou; om l‹ ;7†1-ࢼom -m7 ];࣌m] u;-7‹ |o loˆ; -‰-‹ =uol u†]0‹ĸ ” I’ve seen so many young players come and ]o bm l‹ ঞl;ķ -m7 om; |-Ѵ;m| Ľ7 Ѵooh =ou bm a young player more than anything would 0; ļ0;bm] 1o-1_-0Ѵ;Ľ -m7ņou hmo‰bm] _o‰ |o learn. I’ve seen it already in this man. A CCELERATIONS There’s no hiding that physicality is a big part of the modern game. People talk about the size of this lad or that lad. You only have to scan this, and any other match day programme to get the mass and height of all the players (fortunately for you lucky u;-7;uv |_bv bv |_; omѴ‹ l-|1_Ŋ7-‹ ruo]u-ll; ‰_;u; ‹o† ‰bѴѴ Cm7 |_bv -0voѴ†|; ]oѴ7 |_-|

$_; -1uom‹l "ĺ ĺ ĺ!ĺ$ĺ 1ol;v bm 7b@;u;m| ˆ-ub-ঞomv ‰_;m b| 1ol;v |o ]o-Ѵ v;মm]ķ l-bmѴ‹ |_-| ]o-Ѵv v_o†Ѵ7 0; vr;1bC1ķ l;-v†u-0Ѵ;ķ -1_b;ˆ-0Ѵ;ķ u;-Ѵbvঞ1 -m7 ঞl;Ŋ r_-v;7ĺ ub1Ľv ]o-Ѵ v;;l;7 |o =oѴѴo‰ |_;v; guidelines perfectly, it just so happened that he had 5 caps by the end of September and tonight he will earn his 22nd. S MEETH “ ‹ Cuv| ‹;-u o†| o= v1_ooѲ rѲ-‹;7 l-bmѲ‹ &Əƍv ‰b|_ $ubmb|‹ķĿ v-‹v Ľ"†ѴѴbˆ-mĺ ľ l-m-];7 |o ];| - ]-l; =ou |_; v;mbouv m;-u |_; ;m7 o= |_; v;-vomĸ 1omࢼm†;7 ‰b|_ v;mbou u†]0‹ -| $ubmb|‹ |_;m -uo†m7 -m†-u‹ bm l‹ |_bu7 ‹;-uĶ ]o| - 1-ѲѲ =uol $om‹ "l;;|_ v-‹bm] b;u-m -lr0;ѲѲ ‰o†Ѳ7 0; ]bˆbm] l; - 1-ѲѲ -0o†| - rovvb0Ѳ; rѲ-1; bm |_; &Ѳv|;u 1-7;l‹ĸ 7omĻ| hmo‰ _o‰ ‰-v vro‚;7ĸ $_;u; ‰-v - Ѳo-7 o= bmf†ub;v -| |_; ࢼl; -m7 |_;‹ m;;7;7 vol;om; |o 1oˆ;u =ou -m ĺ Ļ ]-l; bm |_; ŝ †r -‰-‹ |o ;uv;‹ĸ ‰-v o@;u;7 - vro| bm |_; 1-7;l‹ -[;u |_-|ĸ ” | ‰-v -‹ ƑƏƐƕ ‰_;m 0†lr;7 bm|o $ubmb|‹ bu;1|ou o= !†]0‹ķ $om‹ "l;;|_ķ -| - =†m1ঞom bm †0Ѵbmĺ m‹om; ‰_o _-v l;| |_; l-m knows how enthusiasm brims from him as he gets the opportunity to talk about rugby. ; -l0†v_;7 l; ľ -uu;mĻ‰_-| -0o†| ub1 Ľ"†ѴѴbˆ-mĻĵĿĺ ub1 _-7 omѴ‹ -uubˆ;7 v_ou|Ѵ‹ before and I’d only really met him a couple ঞl;vķ m;ˆ;u lbm7 1uovv;7 r-|_v om |_; rb|1_ĺ I wasn’t sure what to say in response. As it turned out, I wasn’t really given the chance |o u;vrom7 -v "l;;|_ ;Š1Ѵ-bl;7 ľ_;Ľv om;

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