Travelling around as we do to clubs and schools to each community of players and supporters in Ulster is constantly a demonstration of commitment, togetherness, intense concentration, love of the game and great organised clinical rugby, the implementation of scrums, rucks, lineouts, attack and defense off loads, we shimmys, put good solid concentration on tackling and defensive stength and good flowing attacks, ball retention, with intense concentration. It is no wonder that increasing numbers of family, friends and the whole community are getting behind school and club rugby in Ulster. Whether it be Finn Valley, Inishowen, Omagh, Armagh, Clogher, Coleraine, Derry, YM, Bann, Malone, Rainey, Armoy, and them all, you name it, RBAI, MCB, Lurgan College, Strabane, Foyle, Bangor, CIYMS, Cooke, everywhere the level of the game, the absorption of good information about nutrition, about training, about pyschology is developing teams with the ability to concentrate with increasing duration and focus during training and game time, and its resulting in closing the gap against better teams and furthuring the gap against other teams and the playing CV of grassroots rugby is growing and is something that each individual plays a part in. We look forward as always to every game and every opportunity to contribute to this. What a feast of rugby this season has been so far, its exciting!
The doggedness, the pride, the self respect, the intensity and the work rate and fight and good commonsense being passed on between players, the togetherness, good decisions, good rugby, good team going hard at it, getting the mental attitude to focus man on man, tackling well, reacting, getting back into the line, organising, organising, tackling, putting the man onto the ground, reorganising, focused, focused, clinical, organised, organised always re-organising, breaking the game line, pumping the legs, scrum half is in fast ball, advancing, tackling in defence, closing down the space, kick, chase, defend, close down the space, kick to the corner, a kind bounce this time, lineout on five meter line, stole the lineout, form the maul, advance, cross the line, ground the ballll, incredible, incredible, incredible! Reorganise, kicker converts, kick off, secure ball, advance, ruck, advance, ruck, pass, centres, ruck, break the game line, support, ruck, scrum half, advance, two man advance, ruck, scrum half, advance, pressure, pressure, in defence man on man, tackling, hard slipped tackle but hand held on his jersey, slowed him down, stopped him, swarm over him, cause disorganisation, turnover ball, protect it, scrumhalf, attack ball, ac ouple of meters, scrumhalf pass advance, break the game line 8 meteres pumps the legs, support, ruck, attack, support. Unbelievable intensity and focus every millisecond of every moment, we socre to the half way in our positions, kick off secure the ball, advance, good high ball kick, player got under it, mid air catch, support, ruck, scrum half, advance, protect, shild, pass 3 man unit advance 5 meters, go to ground……. incredible rugby!
