Stand Up Magazine - Issue 38 - Ulster Rugby Supporters' Club

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He may have been Red Deysel at Munster, but Jean is now 100% WHITE DEYSEL, and is hopefully the fuel injection* Ulster needs. Stand Up met with Jean just White Deysel – Driving Ulster Forward

What attracted him to Ulster? I will maybe mention the weather once. I’ve been here for a while, and it’s not like home, but it’s not that bad and not as bad as all the other South African guys are going on about it. Ulster is a club that I have heard prior to the pre-season friendlies, and this is what he had to say on: a lot of, because there were so many guys from the Sharks that played here. I started off when B.J. Botha, Johann Muller, and Ruan were still at the Sharks. We played together back home and when they came here, because we’re mates, I followed their careers and they followed mine. I always heard great things said about the club. Stefan Terblanche was another – Stef is a phenomenal character who also had a lot of good things to say about Ulster.

I was young when I started playing with them and I have a lot of respect for them, and take to heart what they say. When the opportunity came for me to come to Ulster, it was almost a no-brainer. I saw Stef about a week before I left to come here and he said he was really jealous about me coming and he wished he was in my shoes. It’s only pre-season and I don’t think there is anywhere you will find a pre-season that you will enjoy, because it’s hard work. Hard work needs to be put in though, to build towards the season and get up to pace. It’s all new but I have friends from back home who have made it a little bit easier. Robbie (Diack) has been How the Munster - South Africa - Ulster transition has been?

helping me a lot – we live next to each other, so the transition has been a lot easier than I thought it would be.

*Did you REALLY think we would pass up on using puns like these? This is Stand Up, not a real magazine!

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