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ULSTER<br />
Official <strong>Match</strong> <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Programme</strong><br />
v ZEBRE<br />
Fri 19 Mar 2021, 8.15pm<br />
Kingspan Stadium
8<br />
Issue<br />
In this<br />
Welcome and best wishes to you and yours, as tonight<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> round off their Guinness PRO14 campaign.<br />
The ongoing pandemic has been a challenging time for all,<br />
but the <strong>Ulster</strong>men being back on their home turf in Kingspan Stadium<br />
certainly helps bring a sense of some normality.<br />
The roars of thousands will be sorely missed, but we know that so many <strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
supporters will be watching from home and showing their support.<br />
On behalf of Kingspan, I would like to express my gratitude to the frontline workers who<br />
have been vital in fighting the pandemic. The extraordinary efforts and heroism that has<br />
been shown in recent months gives us in Kingspan and <strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> the confidence that we<br />
can stand up together and build back better following the pandemic.<br />
Following a win last weekend over the Dragons, <strong>Ulster</strong> will look to maintain their winning<br />
streak. Tonight, they will face a tough test as they clash with <strong>Zebre</strong>. Despite the absence of<br />
travelling fans this evening, on behalf of the entire <strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> and Kingspan community,<br />
we would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to our Italian visitors.<br />
Finally, I would like to wish the <strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> squad and management team<br />
the very best of luck. To <strong>Ulster</strong>’s committed fans, take care and enjoy the game.<br />
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26<br />
President’s Welcome 5<br />
Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup 7<br />
Player Interview: Stewart Moore 8<br />
Virtual Mascot 11<br />
Senior Squad 14<br />
Teams 20<br />
Behind the Player: Lucinda Kinghan 24<br />
<strong>Zebre</strong> Ones To Watch 26<br />
Last Time Out 30<br />
Player Interview: David McCann 32<br />
Italian Visit Heralds Another Challenge 36<br />
Getting to Know: Peita McAlister 40<br />
Player Q&A: Craig Gilroy 42<br />
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30<br />
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President’s<br />
Welcome<br />
Welcome to Round 16 of the 2020-21<br />
Guinness PRO14 campaign, and our final<br />
home game of the competition before<br />
our focus turns to the Challenge Cup and<br />
Rainbow Cup in a few weeks.<br />
Tonight, we welcome Italian side, <strong>Zebre</strong>,<br />
to Kingspan Stadium. They come into<br />
this game having scored 31 points against<br />
Leinster in the last round, and are currently<br />
in 6th position of Conference A.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> made it 13 wins from 15 games in the<br />
competition, after defeating Dragons 22-26<br />
at Principality Stadium last Saturday, and<br />
they will no doubt want to make it 14 from 16<br />
this evening. Although this game is behindclosed-doors,<br />
your support will be felt.<br />
In the Six Nations, Iain Henderson and Rob<br />
Herring featured in Ireland’s 24-27 win over<br />
Scotland at BT Murrayfield on Sunday.<br />
Congratulations to them both, and Billy<br />
Burns who was selected on the bench.<br />
Ireland will face England at Aviva Stadium<br />
in the final round tomorrow and I wish the<br />
team the very best of luck .<br />
We were bolstered by the great news this<br />
week that New-Zealander, Craig Newby, will<br />
be joining the <strong>Ulster</strong> coaching ticket later this<br />
year as Skills Coach, with Dan Soper taking<br />
up the Assistant Coach role. Craig brings with<br />
him an impressive array of experience gained<br />
as both a coach and former player, and I’m<br />
excited to see what he will contribute to our<br />
already excellent coaching team.<br />
It was also confirmed this week that Adam<br />
McBurney will be leaving <strong>Ulster</strong> at the end of<br />
the season, to join Edinburgh <strong>Rugby</strong>. I’d like<br />
to thank him and wish him every success at<br />
his new club.<br />
On the domestic front, the IRFU has this<br />
week outlined the planning which has been<br />
ongoing, in partnership with <strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong>,<br />
to get #ReadyFor<strong>Rugby</strong>, so that a return<br />
to some grassroots action can be made<br />
as soon as government restrictions across<br />
the province allow for it. We also received<br />
an encouraging update from the Northern<br />
Ireland Executive around the roadmap to<br />
lift restrictions, which means our <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
Development team, in partnership with our<br />
clubs and schools, can take the initial steps<br />
towards a return to rugby.<br />
In-line with this, the #URgame: Your Game,<br />
Your Way campaign will be launched by<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> to mark this new chapter for<br />
the domestic game. It will be kickstarted with<br />
support and assets on how clubs can make<br />
a safe, fun and graduated re-introduction<br />
to activity that works for them. We will be<br />
keeping clubs and schools updated over<br />
the coming days and weeks, and we’re very<br />
excited about the various activities planned.<br />
Thank you all for your support as you<br />
continue to SUFTUM at home to help protect<br />
our community in the fight against COVID-19.<br />
SUFTUM<br />
Gary Leslie<br />
President, IRFU <strong>Ulster</strong> Branch<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong><strong>Rugby</strong>.com<br />
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GUINNESS PRO14 CAMPAIGN TO CONCLUDE IN<br />
MARCH AHEAD OF NEW “RAINBOW CUP” WITH<br />
SOUTH AFRICA’S TOP FOUR ‘SUPER’ TEAMS<br />
The current Guinness PRO14 campaign will end in<br />
March allowing South Africa’s four ‘Super’ teams<br />
and our existing clubs to finish the season with<br />
a 16-team “Rainbow Cup” competition ahead of<br />
the British & Irish Lions tour.<br />
After consulting with key PRO14 stakeholders, the Guinness<br />
PRO14 Rainbow Cup was chosen as the best pathway to finish up<br />
the current campaign and introduce South Africa’s four ‘Super’<br />
teams: the Vodacom Bulls; Emirates Lions; Cell C Sharks and DHL<br />
Stormers. This decision also allows our European-based sides to<br />
earn qualification for European Professional Club <strong>Rugby</strong> (EPCR)<br />
tournaments in 2021/22 in a fair and equitable manner.<br />
Ahead of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, the<br />
Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will provide a ground-breaking<br />
spectacle for fans who will see international star players from north<br />
and south establish new rivalries in their bid for the ultimate Test<br />
selection.<br />
Right through until the last kick of the ball in the Rainbow Cup<br />
in June, fans will be able to watch it all unfold with our broadcast<br />
partners Premier Sports, eir Sport, S4C, TG4, DAZN and<br />
Super Sport.<br />
How it will Work<br />
• The 2020/21 Guinness PRO14 campaign will finish after 16<br />
rounds with the Conference winners facing each other in a final<br />
in late March<br />
• Qualification for EPCR tournaments in 2021/22 will be decided<br />
by rankings after Round 16<br />
• On April 17, 2021, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will kick-off<br />
and introduce the Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions, Cell C Sharks<br />
and DHL Stormers and their World Cup-winning Springboks<br />
• The Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will consist of a pool stage<br />
(two pools of eight teams) and a final between the two<br />
pool winners<br />
FINAL CHAPTER OF GUINNESS PRO14<br />
Rounds 12 to 16 will take place from February 20 and conclude<br />
on March 20. A final will then take place at the home venue of the<br />
highest-ranked team. This abbreviated fixture list will aim to ensure<br />
home and away in-conference fixtures are completed and each<br />
team plays all of its cross-conference matches also. Further<br />
clarification will be available when fixtures are confirmed.<br />
The scheduled dates for the conclusion of the 2020-21<br />
Guinness PRO14 campaign are:<br />
R12: February 20<br />
R13: February 27<br />
R14: March 6<br />
R15: March 13<br />
R16: March 20<br />
Final: March 27<br />
Once Round 16 has been completed, the top-ranked teams<br />
from each conference will qualify for the 2021/22 Heineken<br />
Champions Cup. Requirement for play-offs is under review.<br />
GUINNESS PRO14 “RAINBOW CUP”<br />
FORGING NEW RIVALRIES<br />
With South Africa preparing to host their first British & Irish<br />
Lions tour since 2009, the World Cup champions will see their<br />
‘Super’ teams – the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers take on the<br />
very best that Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales have to offer.<br />
Players aiming to make the British & Irish Lions squad will find<br />
no better trial environment to test themselves in, as they go up<br />
against the likes of Siya Kolisi, Pieter Steph du Toit (both DHL<br />
Stormers), Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls), Elton Jantjies<br />
(Emirates Lions) and former Guinness PRO14 top-try scorer<br />
Makazole Mapimipi (Cell C Sharks).<br />
The Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will kick off on April 17 with<br />
two pools of 8 teams made up of two Irish, two South African,<br />
two Welsh, one Italian and one Scottish club. Each team will play<br />
one game against each pool opponent and the sides that finish<br />
top of their pools will face off in a final on June 19.<br />
Across 57 matches, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will<br />
feature the best of the Springbok talent going toe-to-toe with<br />
some of the British & Irish Lions’ biggest names – every one of<br />
them keen to lay down a marker to their respective selectors<br />
ahead of what will prove to an historic tour.<br />
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Stewart Moore<br />
The 21-year-old centre scored a brace on<br />
Saturday against Dragons and is enjoying<br />
developing midfield partnerships with<br />
several team-mates.<br />
How good was it to get back to winning<br />
ways against Dragons on Saturday?<br />
It was class. We were playing at Principality<br />
Stadium which is hard to beat as well. I was<br />
told to enjoy it and I did; it was good fun<br />
and it’s nice to be back to winning ways.<br />
I’m kind of glad Principality Stadium was<br />
empty; I thought if it was full, I wouldn’t<br />
know what I’d be doing. It’s top-notch. We<br />
were changing in a certain area and walking<br />
through behind the scenes through the<br />
tunnels. It was crazy but a nice experience<br />
and I’d take that any time.<br />
A lot of people would say Stu is just a<br />
ball carrier, but I learn so much from him<br />
like running lines and off-the-ball work<br />
especially. You saw at the weekend; he was<br />
the busiest man on the pitch.<br />
Is it difficult from playing with one type<br />
of player like James Hume to another in<br />
Stuart McCloskey?<br />
I enjoy it personally. They’re different<br />
characters and have different styles of play<br />
so I enjoy that. The 12 or 13 role, I can slot in<br />
there nicely. It was a challenge in defence at<br />
13 as it’s a bit trickier. I wanted to challenge<br />
myself in that role too. The combinations<br />
are switching about and it’s nice that we<br />
can move about as easily as that.<br />
We’re<br />
looking to<br />
finish each<br />
game with<br />
a win<br />
Centre<br />
08/08/1999<br />
183cm<br />
91kg<br />
13<br />
You made a fantastic intercept to score<br />
your second try last Saturday – can you<br />
be coached to read those?<br />
I would love to say it’s coached but it’s<br />
instinct really. I have been exposed manya-time<br />
before on it, so it’s just being<br />
100% with it. Fortunately, it turned out ok<br />
at the weekend!<br />
You combined well with Stuart McCloskey<br />
on Saturday for your first try against<br />
Dragons – how do you find playing<br />
alongside him?<br />
It’s class. I played with him in pre-season<br />
a couple of years ago. I was a bit younger<br />
and quieter then. I feel because I’ve been<br />
training with him for three years now, I soak<br />
stuff off him. That offload for example, I<br />
could tell he was going for it so I was able<br />
to run that line. As much as he’s the Bangor<br />
Bulldozer, he can pass and offload as well.<br />
It’s nice to be outside him because he can<br />
take a lot of the hits too!<br />
How important are these games<br />
against Dragons and <strong>Zebre</strong> for building<br />
momentum?<br />
We’re looking to finish each game with<br />
a win at the end of the day. We’re still<br />
challenging ourselves – as you saw at<br />
the weekend – we’ve a mixture of young<br />
guys coming through as well as the older<br />
players. We’re just working with different<br />
combinations and working from there.<br />
We’re not going to go out intending<br />
to lose; we’re there to win at the end of<br />
the day.<br />
Looking towards Harlequins [in the<br />
Challenge Cup], an English Premiership<br />
team and they’re a top side. We should<br />
use these games [against Dragons and<br />
<strong>Zebre</strong>] wisely then prep for that which is<br />
just around the corner.<br />
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Virtual<br />
Mascots<br />
Names:<br />
Candice-Rose & Charley Sullivan<br />
Age: 10 & 9<br />
From: Ballymena<br />
Favourite players:<br />
John Cooney & Neve Jones<br />
Candice-Rose and Charley love<br />
match nights at Kingspan Stadium.<br />
They really enjoy the atmosphere at<br />
games because they can cheer on<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> at the top of their voices!<br />
They can’t wait to get back to support<br />
their favourite players and are looking<br />
forward to the next Family Fun <strong>Day</strong>.<br />
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Senior<br />
Squad<br />
Angus<br />
Curtis<br />
Fly Half / Centre<br />
26/03/1998<br />
178cm<br />
92kg<br />
13<br />
Matt<br />
Faddes<br />
Centre/Wing<br />
06/11/1991<br />
185cm<br />
94kg<br />
26<br />
Craig<br />
Gilroy<br />
Wing<br />
11/03/1991<br />
183cm<br />
92kg<br />
192<br />
10<br />
Iain<br />
Henderson<br />
Lock<br />
21/02/1992<br />
198cm<br />
117kg<br />
116<br />
62<br />
Coaching<br />
Staff<br />
Head Coach:<br />
Dan McFarland<br />
Assistant Coach:<br />
Dwayne Peel<br />
Defence Coach:<br />
Jared Payne<br />
Forwards’ Coach:<br />
Roddy Grant<br />
Skills Coach:<br />
Dan Soper<br />
Will<br />
Addison<br />
Utility Back<br />
20/08/1992<br />
185cm<br />
93kg<br />
19<br />
4<br />
John<br />
Andrew<br />
Hooker<br />
26/05/1993<br />
180cm<br />
104kg<br />
82<br />
Robert<br />
Baloucoune<br />
Wing<br />
19/08/1997<br />
193cm<br />
90kg<br />
23<br />
Rob<br />
Herring<br />
Hooker<br />
27/04/1990<br />
185cm<br />
107kg<br />
190<br />
20<br />
James<br />
Hume<br />
Centre<br />
07/09/1998<br />
188cm<br />
98kg<br />
33<br />
Bill<br />
Johnston<br />
Fly Half<br />
07/02/1997<br />
180cm<br />
87kg<br />
18<br />
Greg<br />
Jones<br />
Back Row<br />
13/01/1996<br />
196cm<br />
105kg<br />
23<br />
Billy<br />
Burns<br />
Fly Half<br />
13/06/1994<br />
185cm<br />
86kg<br />
44<br />
6<br />
Sam<br />
Carter<br />
Lock<br />
10/09/1989<br />
201cm<br />
116kg<br />
21<br />
AUS 16<br />
Marcell<br />
Coetzee<br />
Back Row<br />
08/05/1991<br />
193cm<br />
114kg<br />
57<br />
SA 30<br />
John<br />
Cooney<br />
Scrum Half<br />
01/05/1990<br />
178cm<br />
87kg<br />
79<br />
11<br />
Ross<br />
Kane<br />
Prop<br />
14/10/1996<br />
180cm<br />
118kg<br />
51<br />
Michael<br />
Lowry<br />
Full Back<br />
20/08/1998<br />
170cm<br />
75kg<br />
39<br />
Louis<br />
Ludik<br />
Full Back<br />
08/10/1986<br />
183cm<br />
90kg<br />
112<br />
Rob<br />
Lyttle<br />
Wing<br />
28/01/1997<br />
175cm<br />
85kg<br />
43<br />
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Centre<br />
06/08/1992<br />
193cm<br />
11kg<br />
134<br />
4<br />
Stuart<br />
McCloskey<br />
Prop<br />
11/10/1989<br />
185cm<br />
118kg<br />
17<br />
56<br />
Jack<br />
McGrath<br />
Prop<br />
15/12/1992<br />
191cm<br />
132kg<br />
6<br />
Gareth<br />
Milasinovich<br />
Prop<br />
01/03/1991<br />
178cm<br />
121kg<br />
52<br />
10<br />
Marty<br />
Moore<br />
Centre<br />
08/08/1999<br />
183cm<br />
91kg<br />
13<br />
Stewart<br />
Moore<br />
Back Row<br />
22/04/1991<br />
188cm<br />
105kg<br />
43<br />
30<br />
Jordi<br />
Murphy<br />
Centre<br />
03/03/1991<br />
180cm<br />
97kg<br />
144<br />
11<br />
Luke<br />
Marshall<br />
Scrum Half<br />
13/12/1985<br />
173cm<br />
93kg<br />
13<br />
NZ 4<br />
Alby<br />
Mathewson<br />
Hooker<br />
05/09/1996<br />
183cm<br />
102kg<br />
36<br />
Adam<br />
McBurney<br />
Prop<br />
02/01/1992<br />
175cm<br />
111kg<br />
65<br />
Kyle<br />
McCall<br />
Fly Half<br />
21/03/1989<br />
180cm<br />
87kg<br />
19<br />
30<br />
Ian<br />
Madigan<br />
Lock<br />
10/09/1992<br />
196cm<br />
114kg<br />
125<br />
Alan<br />
O’Connor<br />
Lock / Back Row<br />
19/05/1995<br />
193cm<br />
110kg<br />
15<br />
David<br />
O’Connor<br />
Prop<br />
23/09/1998<br />
185cm<br />
120kg<br />
53<br />
Tom<br />
O’Toole<br />
Back Row<br />
08/09/1997<br />
188cm<br />
105kg<br />
3<br />
Marcus<br />
Rea<br />
Hooker<br />
04/01/1996<br />
175cm<br />
108Kg<br />
3<br />
Bradley<br />
Roberts<br />
Scrum Half<br />
20/06/1993<br />
175cm<br />
78kg<br />
66<br />
David<br />
Shanahan<br />
Wing / Full Back<br />
03/04/1996<br />
191cm<br />
103kg<br />
76<br />
33<br />
Jacob<br />
Stockdale<br />
Back Row<br />
01/08/1995<br />
188cm<br />
111kg<br />
74<br />
Nick<br />
Timoney<br />
Lock<br />
06/11/1995<br />
198cm<br />
118kg<br />
103<br />
3<br />
Kieran<br />
Treadwell<br />
Prop<br />
12/03/1991<br />
178cm<br />
113kg<br />
131<br />
Andrew<br />
Warwick<br />
Prop<br />
30/11/1995<br />
183cm<br />
115kg<br />
60<br />
1<br />
Eric<br />
O’Sullivan<br />
Back Row<br />
21/09/1993<br />
193cm<br />
112kg<br />
57<br />
Matthew<br />
Rea<br />
Back Row<br />
10/05/1989<br />
183cm<br />
103kg<br />
138<br />
2<br />
Sean<br />
Reidy<br />
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7 Masselli<br />
9 Cooney<br />
9 Renton<br />
11 Lyttle<br />
10 Lowry<br />
11 Elliott<br />
10 Pescetto<br />
12 Moore<br />
12 Lucchin<br />
REPLACEMENTS<br />
16 B Roberts<br />
17 C Reid<br />
18 T O’Toole<br />
13 Hume<br />
REPLACEMENTS<br />
16 M Manfredi<br />
17 D Rimpelli<br />
18 E Bello<br />
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C<br />
19 A O’Connor<br />
19 L Krumov<br />
20 M Rea<br />
21 D Shanahan<br />
15 McIlroy<br />
14 Baloucoune<br />
20 C Alaimalo<br />
21 N Casilio<br />
15 Di Giulio<br />
14 Bruno<br />
22 I Madigan<br />
23 B Moxham<br />
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)<br />
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross and Peter Martin (both IRFU)<br />
TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)<br />
22 G Palazzani<br />
23 A Rizzi<br />
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Behind the Player<br />
Wing<br />
23/04/2000<br />
Lucinda Kinghan<br />
In our series, Behind the Player in<br />
association with Deloitte, <strong>Ulster</strong> Women’s<br />
players give us an insight into how they<br />
got involved in the game and their journey<br />
to representing the province.<br />
This week, we feature Ireland Sevens and<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> winger, Lucinda Kinghan.<br />
Tell us a little about your rugby pathway<br />
to date.<br />
I actually started out in horse-riding. We<br />
were a big horse-riding family. One day,<br />
Davy McGregor came into our school,<br />
Monaghan Collegiate, to get interest for<br />
starting up a rugby club in Monaghan. My<br />
older sister (Natalie Kinghan) went along,<br />
and because she went, I had to go! My good<br />
friend, Kelly McCormil went along too. We<br />
started playing for Monaghan <strong>Rugby</strong> Club<br />
and Davy McGregor was an amazing coach.<br />
He threw us in at the deep end but we won a<br />
lot and enjoyed a lot! When you win games<br />
and have a good coach while enjoying it,<br />
it’s easy! After that, I was scouted for <strong>Ulster</strong><br />
<strong>Rugby</strong>’s 15s team in my first year. I was on<br />
the bench but I loved it. I played with the<br />
15-a-side team for four years before being<br />
scouted for the <strong>Ulster</strong> Sevens. I toured the<br />
country playing Sevens in the summers<br />
for four years, which I really enjoyed too.<br />
Ireland then scouted me for their Sevens<br />
programme, and I’m training with them now.<br />
Who have been your main influences in<br />
your rugby career?<br />
Davy McGregor was a massive part of my<br />
rugby career. If my sister didn’t play rugby,<br />
I would never have played. I just liked to<br />
beat her, so if it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be<br />
where I am now. I went to the Sophie Spence<br />
camp when I started; that really sparked<br />
my interest and I started to watch the girls<br />
playing in the Sevens World Series, like Lucy<br />
Mulhall and the rest of the girls. Now I train<br />
with them, they kept me interested. I was<br />
so inspired by them and they were huge<br />
influences on me as well.<br />
What have been your proudest moments<br />
in rugby?<br />
The first big one was playing at the Aviva<br />
Stadium with my school. That was an unreal<br />
experience. We won the School Shield<br />
when Kelly McCormill was captain. I got<br />
injured before the final, so a few of the girls<br />
carried that win home. Even though I didn’t<br />
get to play in the final, it was an incredible<br />
experience. To play in such a brilliant<br />
stadium and to win the Shield was amazing.<br />
Davy McGregor was our coach at school<br />
too, so he was very happy with us!<br />
I just loved playing with <strong>Ulster</strong> U18s with<br />
my friends and meet so many new people.<br />
In 2016, we won the Inter-Pros, which was<br />
a massive achievement. Everyone still<br />
remembers that one!<br />
The school games in 2017 was the first<br />
time I played with Ireland and we won that<br />
tournament with Emily Lane as our captain.<br />
A lot of the friends I have today in the Sevens<br />
team played then. That sticks out massively<br />
in my memories.<br />
I got my first cap for <strong>Ulster</strong> in the summer of<br />
2019 and then my first Irish Sevens cap that<br />
summer in Ukraine. You never forget your<br />
first appearances.<br />
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You have already achieved so much<br />
at such a young age; what are your<br />
rugby aspirations?<br />
I just want to get better and become a<br />
core player in the Ireland Sevens team.<br />
When the World Series starts up again, I’d<br />
love to be involved. I would like to become<br />
a good role model for sport and young<br />
girls. I’d like to improve my rugby skills too.<br />
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Ones to Watch<br />
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Tommaso Boni, Centre<br />
Last 3 Meetings<br />
Pierre Bruno, Wing<br />
Bruno arrived in Parma in 2019 after winning the Italian<br />
championship with <strong>Rugby</strong> Calvisano, scoring a club record<br />
number of tries: 32 tries in 47 games. Born in Genoa on 28 June<br />
1996, he made his debut with <strong>Zebre</strong> in November 2017 against<br />
Munster. After wearing the youth jersey of the national team, last<br />
January he received his first call up with the senior team. This<br />
year he scored three tries and was included in the Guinness<br />
PRO14 Team of the Week two times in a row thanks to his brilliant<br />
offensive statistics. Bruno is also the player who has most been<br />
used by Head Coach Michael Bradley this season: 926 minutes<br />
between PRO14 and Challenge Cup.<br />
Boni is one of the veterans in the <strong>Zebre</strong> squad. Last season he<br />
was named captain of the team for his first time, covering in<br />
the absence of the injured Tommaso Castello and Giulio Bisegni.<br />
With his 98 club appearances, he has scored 13 tries to date.<br />
Boni made his debut with the Italian national team in 2016 and<br />
has collected 11 caps with the ‘Azzurri’. His second appearance<br />
was a memorable one - coming from the bench at the Stadio<br />
Olimpico in Rome in November 2016, and scoring his first try<br />
against the All Blacks.<br />
Ian Nagle, Second Row<br />
The familiar face of Ian Nagle is now in his second season<br />
with <strong>Zebre</strong>. The Cork-born second row played for <strong>Ulster</strong> in the<br />
2018/19 season during a loan spell from Leinster. The 32-yearold<br />
learned his trade at University College Cork, earning a<br />
call up to Ireland’s U19 and U20 squads, and playing at the<br />
2008 Junior World Championship. Solid in defence and the<br />
set piece, Nagle leads the championship in lineout steals along<br />
with Connacht’s Eoghan Masterson, with six lineout steals in<br />
his nine games this season.<br />
16 Nov 2020 1 Nov 2019 23 Feb 2019<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> 57 22 54<br />
<strong>Zebre</strong> 14 7 7<br />
POSITION DOB HEIGHT WEIGHT<br />
Charles Alaimalo Flanker 14/06/1999 1.98m 111kg<br />
Mattia Bellini Winqer 08/02/1994 1.92m 100kg<br />
Eduardo Bello Tiqht-head prop 27/11/1995 1.90m 122kg<br />
lacopo Bianchi Flanker 05/05/1998 1.88m 88kg<br />
Luca Biqi Hooker 19/04/1991 1.82m 104kg<br />
Michelanqelo Biondelli Fullback 15/05/1998 1..84m 90kg<br />
Giulio Biseqni Centre 04/04/1992 1.82m 93kg<br />
Tommaso Boni Centre 15/01/1993 1.87m 105kg<br />
Pierre Bruno Winqer 28/06/1996 1.78m 89kg<br />
Paolo Buonfiqlio Loose-head prop 28/01/1995 1.83m 114kg<br />
Carlo Canna Fly-half 25/08/1992 1.90m 92kg<br />
Nicolo Casilio Scrum-half 12/10/1998 1.81m 84kg<br />
Tommaso Castello Centre 14/08/1991 1.84m 102kg<br />
Massimo Ceciliani Hooker 05/01/1997 1.86m 104kg<br />
Gabriele Di Giulio Winqer 30/04/1994 1.85m 86kg<br />
Giovanni D'Onofrio Winqer 25/08/1998 1.84m 86kg<br />
Jamie Elliott Centre 31/08/1992 1.80m 90kg<br />
Oliviero Fabiani Hooker 13/07/1990 1.80m 98kg<br />
Danilo Fischetti Loose-head prop 26/01/1998 1.81.m 110kg<br />
Renato Giammarioli Flanker 23/03/1995 1.88m 111kg<br />
Mick Kearney Lock 29/03/1991 1.98m 116kg<br />
Leonard Krumov Lock 01/05/1996 1.98m 116kg<br />
Junior Laloifi Fullback 25/09/1994 1.80m 90kg<br />
Potu Junior Leavasa Flanker 10/01/1996 1.94m 115kg<br />
Giovanni Licata Flanker 18/02/1997 1.93m 107kg<br />
Andrea Lovotti Loose-head prop 28/07/1989 1.83m 113kg<br />
Enrico Lucchin Centre 04/04/1995 1.86m 103kg<br />
Marco Manfredi Hooker 18/09/1997 1.83m 104kg<br />
Lorenzo Masselli Flanker 17/04/1997 1.98m 108kg<br />
Maxime Mbanda Flanker 10/04/1993 1.89m 102kg<br />
Johan Meyer Flanker 26/02/1993 1.93m 107kg<br />
Ian Nagle Lock 17/10/1988 201m 114kg<br />
Matteo Nocera Tiqht-head prop 16/01/1999 1.94m 128kg<br />
Samuele Ortis Lock 18/12/1996 1.98m 107kg<br />
Guqlielmo Palazzani Scrum half 11/04/1991 1.73m 87kg<br />
Paolo Pescetto Fly-half 12/01/1995 1.70m 80kg<br />
Joshua Renton Scrum-half 25/05/1994 1.74m 82kg<br />
Daniele Rimpelli Loose-head prop 23/06/1997 1.87m 116kg<br />
Antonio Rizzi Fly-half 05/01/1998 1.80m 87kg<br />
David Sisi Number 8 05/02/1993 1.95m 122kg<br />
Alexadru Tarus Tiqht-head prop 09/05/1989 1.85m 125kg<br />
Jimmy Tuivaiti Flanker 02/01/1988 1.83m 113kg<br />
Marcello Violi Scrum-half 11/10/1993 1.76m 84kg<br />
Giosue Zilocchi Loose-head prop 15/01/1997 1.89m 112kg<br />
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<strong>Ulster</strong> made it 13 wins from 15 games in the<br />
Guinness PRO14, after securing a bonuspoint<br />
victory over Dragons at Principality<br />
Stadium last Saturday evening.<br />
An early <strong>Ulster</strong> infringement gave Dragons<br />
and Sam Davies an opportunity at the<br />
posts, but the fly-half’s attempt was offtarget<br />
after two minutes.<br />
The <strong>Ulster</strong> men were first to register<br />
points on the board, however, with Jacob<br />
Stockdale slinking his way through the<br />
Dragons’ defence, and Alby Mathewson<br />
running a great support line to collect the<br />
pass and score. Michael Lowry slotted the<br />
conversion to put <strong>Ulster</strong> seven up.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong>’s second score came in the 21st<br />
minute with the midfield pairing of Stuart<br />
McCloskey and Stewart Moore combining<br />
nicely; McCloskey offloading to send<br />
Moore over the line. Lowry was on-target<br />
with the extras.<br />
Dragons had a chance to respond with an<br />
attacking line-out 5 metres out, but Ross<br />
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Kane pounced on the loose ball from the<br />
throw to make the all-important steal and<br />
allow Lowry to relieve the pressure.<br />
The hosts did get on the board after<br />
an <strong>Ulster</strong> high tackle gave Sam Davies<br />
the opportunity to knock three over on<br />
34 minutes.<br />
Dragons looked certain to score with the<br />
clock well in the red, as they pounded<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> with attacking mauls and pickand-goes.<br />
After a series of infractions,<br />
John Andrew was sent to the bin and<br />
Dragons went on the charge again, only<br />
to be held up by a resolute <strong>Ulster</strong> defence.<br />
Referee Adam Jones blew the whistle<br />
for half-time and the <strong>Ulster</strong> men could<br />
breathe a huge sigh of relief going in to the<br />
changing rooms.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong>’s third try came as a result of an<br />
attacking maul, with the just-returned<br />
John Andrew coming away to bundle over<br />
for the try. The flags stayed down for the<br />
conversion attempt.<br />
Dragons got their first score on 55 minutes,<br />
with back-rower Ollie Griffiths muscling<br />
over the chalk for the hosts, despite valiant<br />
defending from the <strong>Ulster</strong> men to try and<br />
hold him up. Davies added the conversion.<br />
The bonus point try came for <strong>Ulster</strong> thanks<br />
to Stewart Moore, expertly picking out a<br />
Dragons pass to make the intercept and<br />
run the distance to cross under the posts.<br />
Michael Lowry fired over the extras to put<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> 16 points ahead.<br />
The hosts responded after Nick Timoney<br />
was sin-binned for bringing down the<br />
Dragons maul, and winger Rio Dyer was<br />
the man to go over for the five points,<br />
which went unconverted.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> looked to probe the Dragons defence<br />
once more, but Nick Tompkins made an<br />
intercept to send Jonah Holmes in under<br />
the posts. Davies converted the score to<br />
bring the gap to four points, and securing<br />
the losing bonus points for the Welsh side.<br />
Second-placed <strong>Ulster</strong> now have 59 points<br />
in Conference A of the Guinness PRO14.<br />
Full-time score: Dragons 22 <strong>Ulster</strong> 26<br />
WATCH: Highlights<br />
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David McCann<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> caught up with the 20-yearold<br />
back-rower for his thoughts on last<br />
Saturday’s 22-26 win over Dragons, and<br />
to find out how he has been settling in<br />
with the senior squad this season.<br />
How is the mood of the squad after the<br />
win last week away to Dragons and what<br />
are your reflections on the game?<br />
It was a mix of good and bad. The aim this<br />
week is to improve our discipline on last<br />
week. We gave away 17 penalties which we<br />
know is too many. We had a pretty good<br />
maul defence and kept Dragons out just<br />
before half-time; that was hugely positive.<br />
We’re just looking to keep that level of<br />
physicality and work on our discipline this<br />
week.<br />
You mentioned your maul defence just<br />
before half-time; how important was it<br />
not to let Dragons score at that point?<br />
Being able to keep Dragons out really gave<br />
us a boost going into the changing rooms.<br />
In any team I’m involved in, we talk about<br />
“Championship Minutes” just before and<br />
just after half-time, they’re that important.<br />
Keeping Dragons out then was massive<br />
because it’s easy to switch off and let<br />
that try go in. It would have affected their<br />
mentality going into the changing room<br />
in that they weren’t able to score after all<br />
that pressure.<br />
That was your second start with <strong>Ulster</strong> this<br />
season – how do you find being selected<br />
in a team that has a mix of experienced<br />
and young players like yourself?<br />
Any time I’ve had a chance to play, it’s been<br />
with that blend of youth and experience.<br />
It’s the perfect balance because it gives<br />
you a bit of security and confidence<br />
because you’ve got players like Sean<br />
Reidy and Alan O’Connor to let you know<br />
where you need to be.<br />
You played in the back row alongside<br />
Sean Reidy and Nick Timoney last week –<br />
how much have you learned from training<br />
and playing with them?<br />
All the players in the back-row and the<br />
forwards in general are keen to share their<br />
knowledge with the younger players in the<br />
squad. It’s a massive help, whether it’s at<br />
line-out time or the front row let you know<br />
what they want from you at scrum time,<br />
there’s an eagerness to share expertise.<br />
That has been huge for my progression.<br />
Who would you say has had the biggest<br />
influence on you since you started<br />
training and playing with the senior<br />
squad?<br />
That’s a difficult one! It’s probably the likes<br />
of Greg Jones and Nick Timoney. Greg is<br />
very helpful at line-out time; whether it’s<br />
defence or attack, he always has time to<br />
talk about it. Nick is young and has been<br />
in similar positions so he knows how to<br />
manage them and gives advice around<br />
that. In the backs, Ian Madigan is always<br />
willing to talk about rugby in general –<br />
similar to a lot of backs!<br />
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You’ve played across the back row this<br />
season. Does that change how you<br />
approach each game?<br />
Generally, no - but there are positions that<br />
have specific skills. Playing Number Eight,<br />
your link with the scrum-half is important.<br />
If you’re playing blindside flanker, there’s<br />
more of a focus on line-outs. My first start<br />
against Munster was at openside, so the<br />
focus there is more on the breakdown<br />
area. Generally, the skills cross over, so<br />
there isn’t too much to worry about on<br />
that front.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong>’s Skills Coach Dan Soper coached<br />
you at school – how much of an influence<br />
has he been on your career?<br />
He’s been a huge influence. I originally<br />
played at centre under ‘Sopes’ at RBAI.<br />
In my Lower-Sixth year, we spoke about<br />
moving into the forwards. That was a<br />
massive moment for me because he has<br />
such a focus on the skills. When I was a<br />
back, I developed my skills and was able<br />
to take that into the forwards. That’s been<br />
really beneficial for me. Sopes has in a lot<br />
of ways been a big influence on me and<br />
continues to do so.<br />
Does that provide you with a bit of<br />
comfort moving up from the Academy to<br />
see a familiar face in the coaching team?<br />
Definitely, there are a lot of familiar faces<br />
in the <strong>Ulster</strong> set-up at the minute – players<br />
and coaches – so that makes the transition<br />
smoother and I know if there’s anything<br />
I need to talk about, Sopes is there and<br />
willing to offer his time and expertise to<br />
help develop myself.<br />
It’s our last regular game of the Guinness<br />
PRO14 before the Challenge Cup and<br />
Rainbow Cup, and we face <strong>Zebre</strong> at<br />
home. What challenge will <strong>Zebre</strong> bring?<br />
<strong>Zebre</strong> look to play an expansive, off-loading<br />
game. We need to focus on our double<br />
tackles and our tackle entry to slow their<br />
ball down and not allow them to get the<br />
purchase they’re looking for. They can play<br />
fast rugby and when they get into their<br />
flow, they can be dangerous. In defence, we<br />
need to shut down their momentum, and<br />
in attack we’ll do our own thing and focus<br />
on what we know we can do. If we do that,<br />
we’ll hopefully get the win.<br />
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Italian Visit Heralds Another Challenge<br />
Not a Friday night under the Kingspan<br />
Stadium lights we might have hoped<br />
for, even expected, but in these unusual<br />
times that we have rugby at all is more<br />
than a comfort.<br />
This evening’s Guinness PRO14 visitors<br />
<strong>Zebre</strong> will draw the curtain down on a<br />
‘regular’ season which, for <strong>Ulster</strong>, ends with<br />
a strange, unsatisfactory whimper.<br />
The club which finished second to reigning<br />
champions Leinster in its Conference finds<br />
itself bowing out of a competition where it<br />
was arguably the ‘next best’ in a campaign<br />
which started with the promise of semi-final<br />
play-offs but will end at the RDS next week<br />
in a meeting of the two Conference winners,<br />
Leinster and Munster.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> Head Coach Dan McFarland has<br />
eloquently articulated his feelings on the<br />
change of format in mid-season, and clearly<br />
he and his management and players would<br />
have targeted a place in the regular knockout<br />
play-off phase. Qualification for the ‘semis’<br />
would have been a genuine ambition, and to<br />
an extent plans would have been laid with a<br />
play-off place to the fore.<br />
Guest article:<br />
Rod Nawn<br />
It can be nothing other than devastating for<br />
those players who have given so much this<br />
season, despite the extraneous obstacles life<br />
has put in their way, to reflect on a campaign<br />
with only two losses – each to the mammoth<br />
which is Leinster – to realise its win tally is<br />
matched only by Munster who, incidentally<br />
of course, do get a shot at the silverware.<br />
In a year when credit should be given to<br />
PRO14 and the EPCR governing bodies<br />
for keeping the show on the road, it is also<br />
important to note that there have been<br />
many changes to competitive formats in the<br />
face of Covid-19, and the various responses<br />
to that dreaded virus.<br />
In a fortnight <strong>Ulster</strong> will play in the European<br />
Challenge Cup, following an uncompleted<br />
Champions Cup pool stage. That a trip<br />
to Harlequins is but the first step on that<br />
revised route is enticing and challenging,<br />
and McFarland and his coaches will have<br />
already pressed the button marked ‘Reset’!<br />
The proposed Rainbow Cup tournament is<br />
still pencilled in for April and May, and we<br />
await to see how that will play out.<br />
But there is a game this evening at Kingspan<br />
Stadium, one which cannot reasonably be<br />
hyped as season-defining, critical or key for<br />
either club.<br />
It will be important in <strong>Ulster</strong>’s bid to maintain<br />
momentum and to integrate more players<br />
into the senior side, and this management<br />
group won’t permit any complacency in a<br />
playing group who will realise there is the<br />
genuine prospect of high-class trophy<br />
pursuit imminent.<br />
But it does allow Stewart Moore, James<br />
Hume, Cormac Izuchukwu, Rob Lyttle<br />
and Ethan McIlroy, for instance, to press<br />
their cases for immediate and longerterm<br />
inclusion. Up front the options seem<br />
to increase by the week: hooker Adam<br />
McBurney’s decision to sign in at Edinburgh<br />
next season deserves acknowledgement<br />
of his contribution in recent seasons, and<br />
John Andrew will lead the challenge to Rob<br />
Herring in the future.<br />
O’Toole, O’Sullivan, Reid, Milasinovich,<br />
Warwick and Kane are just some of the<br />
choices at prop, the O’Connor brothers,<br />
Treadwell, Izuchukwu and captain<br />
Henderson obvious second-row options of<br />
varying experiences and various talents.<br />
And the back row? McCann, the Reas,<br />
Timoney, Murphy, Reidy and Jones<br />
are all familiar and more than reliable<br />
and ambitious breakaways, and we are<br />
assured the Academy is now a healthy<br />
development operation.<br />
And while we might be disappointed at the<br />
current injury-enforced absence of Marcell<br />
Coetzee, and the impending exit from<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> this summer, nothing should taint<br />
the memory of seeing a truly world-class<br />
No.8 at his imperious best in the white shirt.<br />
<strong>Ulster</strong> was patient in overseeing his long<br />
recovery from injury on arrival, but some<br />
of his displays created moments will never<br />
be forgotten.<br />
Now <strong>Zebre</strong> is readying itself to test itself<br />
against <strong>Ulster</strong> on a chilly Friday evening,<br />
and Michael Bradley’s proven coaching<br />
qualities have fashioned a club which,<br />
though consistently off the pace, can be<br />
technically adept and cause occasional and<br />
deserved success.<br />
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kind? - was pushed all the way in Parma<br />
last weekend, and the Dragons will<br />
not relish being reminded of defeat in Italy<br />
this season.<br />
Clearly the best of the two Italian sides in<br />
the Guinness PRO14, Bradley can take a lot<br />
of credit for supplying Italy with no fewer<br />
that thirteen of its matchday squad against<br />
Wales last weekend. Luca Bigi, Carlo Canna<br />
and Mattia Bellini are high-end operators<br />
and would be missed by any club.<br />
Tonight, there will be some familiar figures<br />
to <strong>Ulster</strong> eyes, especially in the visitors’<br />
pack, where Mick Kearney and Ian Nagle<br />
each have had pedigree careers in Ireland<br />
and abroad.<br />
Giovanni D’Onforio was on the scoresheet<br />
against Leinster and his ability to play right<br />
along the backline has been valuable to<br />
his coach, while centre-cum-wing Jamie<br />
Elliott flourished in the English Premiership<br />
with Northampton for several years. And<br />
at scrum-half, Kiwi Josh Renton is widely<br />
regarded as one of the most reliable and<br />
intelligent pivots in the PRO14.<br />
There’s heft up front, if not a great degree<br />
of mobility, and it’s likely <strong>Ulster</strong> will move<br />
the opposition across the park to create<br />
the spaces for the men in white to claim a<br />
second successive bonus-point win.<br />
Bradley has harnessed his troops well during<br />
the Six Nations, McFarland has been similarly<br />
acute and markedly more successful with<br />
a squad which goes ‘deeper’ and has<br />
more range than that at the <strong>Zebre</strong> Head<br />
Coach’s disposal.<br />
A convincing, confident, high tempo<br />
win over the Italian visitors would be<br />
a welcome launchpad for a European<br />
Challenge Cup campaign.<br />
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Back Row<br />
03/07/1992 holiday anytime you felt like it!<br />
List two pet peeves.<br />
1. Littering<br />
2. Pushy Vegans<br />
What three words would your friends use<br />
to describe you?<br />
Entrepreneurial, Hard-Working and Fun<br />
Are you good at any other sports?<br />
I have represented Co. Down in both<br />
Camogie and Gaelic.<br />
What is your favourite film?<br />
I’m not a big film lover - I fall asleep during<br />
most, but if I have to say one it’s the<br />
Lion King.<br />
Do you have any fears? If so, what<br />
are they?<br />
Heights and spiders.<br />
What motivates you?<br />
My friends and team-mates.<br />
Do you have a nickname? If so, what is it?<br />
Nothing too exciting but it’s either P or Pete.<br />
Who was your favourite player growing up<br />
and why?<br />
Donncha O’Callaghan - maybe it was the<br />
glowing complexion initially but I can’t<br />
remember now!<br />
Who is your favourite player now?<br />
Hard tie between Portia Woodman /<br />
Ellia Green.<br />
What is your favourite thing about<br />
playing rugby?<br />
Has to be the physicality - I always<br />
hated non-contact sports. Enjoying your<br />
clubhouse on a Saturday night after a game<br />
is another.<br />
Do you have any pets? If so, tell us<br />
about them.<br />
I’m a mad dog lover - I just can’t seem to<br />
say no! In the family there are five dogs now;<br />
Crockett (English Pointer), Ruby (Labrador),<br />
Getting to Know:<br />
Peita McAlister<br />
Boo (St Bernese) and two of her pups, Bodi<br />
and Ollie who are fifteen weeks old. There’s<br />
also the odd chicken or lamb about the<br />
place too.<br />
Are you a tidy or messy person?<br />
I’d say tidy - I can’t concentrate if the place<br />
is a mess around me.<br />
If you could eat one meal for the rest of<br />
your life, what would it be?<br />
It’s a toss-up between a rare sirloin or a bowl<br />
of cereal.<br />
What can’t you live without?<br />
Milky tea.<br />
Do you have any pre-match rituals or<br />
superstitions?<br />
We have a little saying, “Look good, feel<br />
good, play good.”<br />
If you were a super-hero, what powers<br />
would you have?<br />
Definitely the ability to fly - get away for a<br />
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Q&A<br />
Player<br />
Craig Gilroy, Wing<br />
When did you start playing rugby, and who<br />
was your first team?<br />
When I was 8, I played for Bangor Minis.<br />
What’s your favourite rugby memory?<br />
My first caps for <strong>Ulster</strong> and Ireland.<br />
If you could re-live one moment from<br />
your rugby career, what would it be?<br />
(Good or bad)<br />
Scoring my first try for Ireland playing<br />
against Argentina.<br />
All time favourite movie?<br />
300.<br />
Best player you have played with?<br />
Charles Piutau.<br />
What’s your pre-match routine? Any<br />
superstitions?<br />
Clean boots, bag packed, good music and<br />
enjoy it!<br />
What’s on your pre-match playlist?<br />
Biffy Clyro<br />
Who has been the biggest influence on<br />
your rugby career and why?<br />
My parents, I want to give back to them<br />
because they gave me so much.<br />
Tell us something not many people would<br />
know about you?<br />
I got my motorbike license years ago!<br />
Best player you have played against?<br />
Isa Nacewa.<br />
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