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SEAN REIDY
Against Edinburgh you will achieve 50 caps
for Ulster, an exciting time?
Yeah, it’s come up pretty quick, after my first
season here I didn’t think I would hit 50 caps so
it’s good to get there.
You seem to be really settled here?
Yeah, I’m settled now, my wife and I have just
bought a house, so we’re ready for our next three,
three and a half years here, we’ve really made
Belfast our home.
What would you say is your favourite
memory to date?
It’s more about the people I’ve met and friends
I’ve made along the way, obviously with rugby a
lot of friends come and go but there’s been a lot
of good people that I’ve met here in Belfast, who I
will continue to know for a long time.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Probably just adjusting to the lifestyle over here
and being away from home, it’s always tough
being away from your friends and family and your
support base back home, but then again it’s been
fairly easy as well in the sense that there’s a lot of
foreigners out here and everyone here makes you
feel really welcome and settled.
We know it’s not the weather, but what’s the
best thing about Ulster?
The best thing, as I’ve mentioned, is the people
I’ve met here, everyone is so friendly. Even in the
team everyone has the same goals, the same
ambitions and everyone’s driving each other on.
Afer a disappointing run of games, what are
you guys doing to move forward?
We’re looking at our mental toughness to close
out games, there’s been a few opportunities in
the last ten to fifteen minutes of games where
we haven’t quite stepped up and got the win. So
we’re looking to push ourselves hard, working on
erasing those errors and really trying to be clinical
in the right areas.
This game against Edinburgh is a big one?
Yeah defiantly, we didn’t perform very well over
there and everyone here knows it. Edinburgh’s
been our focus for a while, so we’re putting all
our effort into that and hopefully put on a good
display and get a victory here for our supporters.
With the international guys away, is it
more of a challenge?
To be honest not really, obviously the
international guys are away for the Six
Nations but we’ll probably get a few
back. There’s a lot of young guys who
are really stepping up especially in
training and in meetings, everyone’s
throwing their hand up to play, it gives
guys an opportunity and we’ve got
good depth in our squad, so guys will
put their hands up and I’m sure they’ll
step up and perform.
What do the next 50 caps have in store
for Sean Reidy?
I’m not too sure really, hopefully I’ll clock them
up pretty quickly again, it’ll be a massive honour
to get to 100, but first things first, I’m going to
try and get number 50 out of the way and try my
best against Edinburgh and then take it game by
game.
SEAN REIDY
CELEBRATING 50 CAPS