Ulster Rugby v Cardiff Blues

-ˆbm] 0;;m bmˆoѴˆ;7 bm |_; Ѵ-v| |_u;; ]-l;v o@ |_; 0;m1_ķ 0-1h uo‰ =ou‰-u7 u;] om;v bv ;-];u |o 1omঞm†; l-hbm] |_; lov| o= _bv 1_-m1;v bm |_; &Ѵv|;u vt†-7ĺ JONES STAKING A CLAIM FOR MORE SENIOR ACTION

“I played a bit for the A team and then got called in against the Dragons, I've just been thankful for the chance and I've been trying to make the most of it. Ş"o =-u b|ŝv 0;;m ru;‚‹ rovbঞˆ;ķ ŝl u;Ѵ-ঞˆ;Ѵ‹ _-rr‹ ‰b|_ _o‰ ŝˆ; rѴ-‹;7 1olbm] o@ |_; bench. Outside of that you have to keep training as if you will be playing at the weekend and then when that chance comes you have to take it. "Every week I'm training as hard as I can and trying to impress as much as possible." Last season was a tough one for the former u;Ѵ-m7 &m7;uŊƑƏv v|-uķ ‰b|_ orrou|†mbঞ;v =;‰ -m7 =-u 0;|‰;;m -[;u |_ov; 0ub;= cameos, with this year seeing him receive lou; 1omvbv|;m| ]-l; ঞl;ĺ o‰;ˆ;uķ _; 7b7 Cm7 _blv;Ѵ= ];মm] vol; one-to-one help from Marcell Coetzee in |u-bmbm] |_-| _; 1u;7b|v ‰b|_ ];মm] _bl |o where he is right now, and Jones believes |_; 1olr;ঞঞom bm |_; 0-1h uo‰ bv _;Ѵrbm] with the success of the team. "Marcell was so helpful, taking me through 7b@;u;m| 7ubѴѴv -m7 _;Ѵrbm] l; blruoˆ;ķ -m7

The Dublin-born player graduated onto a development contract at the start of this v;-vom -[;u blru;vvbm] bm - 1o†rѴ; o= 1-l;ov Ѵ-v| ‹;-uķ -m7 _;ŝv 1omঞm†;7 |_-| form this campaign. [;u 1olbm] o@ |_; 0;m1_ -]-bmv| |_; u-]omv 0;=ou; |_; bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵ 0u;-hķ _; kept his spot in the squad for the games -]-bmv| ;m;‚om -m7 "1-uѴ;|v 7†ubm] |_; †|†lm m|;um-ঞom-Ѵvĺ In fact, he's making such an impression that Sean Reidy named him as the player to watch out for over the next few weeks at a u;1;m| l;7b- 0ub;Cm]ĺ "It's brilliant," laughs Jones. "I was really happy to hear him say that!" The 22-year-old, however, isn't concerning himself with personal praise, rather he's only 1om1;m|u-ঞm] om l-hbm] |_; lov| o= _bv chances whenever they come along. Ş _-ˆ; |o ‰-b| =ou l‹ orrou|†mbঞ;v 7†ubm] |_; †|†lm m|;um-ঞom-Ѵv -m7 |_; "bŠ -ঞomv ‰_;m ]†‹v v|;r o†| =ou u;Ѵ-m7ĺ That's when I got my chance for my debut against Treviso and it's similar to this year as well," he explains.

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