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; ;u l1_ about containing them and making sure |_-| ou --1hbm] ]-l; bv -Ѵvo ;u v|uom] 0;1-v; |_;Ľu; vo r_vb1-Ѵ |_-| o 1-mĽ| fv| um bm|o |_;v; 0ovķ oĽ; ]o| |o lo; |_; 0-ѴѴ -m7 1_-ѴѴ;m]; |_;l bm 7b@;u;m| -vĺ “But,” he concludes, “we back ourselves -]-bmv| -mom; -| _ol;ĺ "o ;ĽѴѴ 0; 1omC7;m|ķ 0| ;ĽѴѴ hmo |_-| ; _-; |o ঞ1h -ѴѴ |_; 0o;v |o ];| - ]oo7 u;vѴ|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 ѴbѴ; 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| - _]; -lom| o= 7b@;u;m1;ķĿ _; v]];v|vķ ľ0| o;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 o;u _;u;ķ -m7 Ľl ;mfobm] |_; v|Ѵ; o= u]0 ;Ľu; trying to play. ľ |Ľv l Cuv| ;-u bm |_; 1olr;ঞঞom vo _-;mĽ| ]o| -m ru;bov ;r;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 ;;mbm]Ľv orrom;m|v the Southern Kings – a side that Ulster v|u]]Ѵ;7 |o Cmbv_ o@ bm |_; -- C|u; Ѵ-v| September. -m 1 -uѴ-m7Ľv vb7; u-m o| ;;m|-Ѵ bmm;uv 0 ƑѶ robm|v |o ƕ |_-| 7- -| |_; ;Ѵvom -m7;Ѵ- - "|-7blķ 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;|;;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 Ѵ1hbѴ enough, we managed to pull away,” admits Burns. “The Kings have got huge amounts of talent -ѴѴ o;u |_; r-uhĺ $_;Ľu; 0b] 0ov -m7 |_;Ľ; ]o| vol; u-rb7 0-1hvķ vo ;Ľu; ]obm] to have to focus on ourselves and try to get a result. ľ$_; ;-|_;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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