Ulster Rugby v Glasgow

ABBEY INSURANCE ULSTER ACADEMY PROFILE: JAMES HUME

NAME James Hume DOB 07.09.98 PREFERED POSITION Centre CURRENT CLUB Banbridge RFC PREVIOUS TEAMS RBAI HONOURS

Ireland U18s, U19s, U20s COURSE STUDYING Economics with Finance at Queen’s University RUGBY INFLUENCES Brian O’Driscoll and Daniel Soper SPORTING IDOLS Rieko Loane RUGBY AMBITION Play for the Lions A FACT NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU I was an Irish standard swimmer until I was 14 BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE RECEIVED Challenge yourself to go to places you’ve never been before in order to get better DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS Confident, Generous, Quirky STRONGEST AREA OF YOUR GAME Ball carrying AREA TO WORK ON Fitness THING YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT RUGBY The camaraderie OTHER HOBBIES Sleeping, Netflix FAVOURITE MOVIE Hackshaw Ridge PRE-GAME SONG Drake - Blem CHEAT MEAL

Honey chilli chicken and boiled rice PRE-MATCH SUPERSTITIONS

When running onto the pitch, kiss my right hand, and pick up blades of grass and throw them up

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