Stephen Ferris (footballer)
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Scotland bring Parks in from the cold
…Head coach Declan Kidney could make an alteration at blindside flanker, too, having left the No 6 slot open to allow Stephen Ferris more time to recover from the knee injury that forced him to miss the opening day win against Italy at Croke Park last Saturday….
Kidney drops Trimble for France match
…29-11 tournament opening win over Italy at Dublin's Croke Park. But Kidney is still waiting on the fitness of flanker Stephen Ferris who missed the Italy match with a knee injury. The coach has left a space on the blindside which he hopes to fill on Thursday…
England warned not underestimate threat of Italy in Six Nations
…moving to outside centre, and Dan Parks starts at fly half, with Phil Godman dropped. Injury doubts surrounding Stephen Ferris have forced Declan Kidney, the Ireland head coach, to leave the position of blind-side flanker vacant in the team to meet France…
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…29-11 tournament opening win over Italy at Dublin's Croke Park. But Kidney is still waiting on the fitness of flanker Stephen Ferris who missed the Italy match with a knee injury. The coach has left a space on the blindside which he hopes to fill on Thursday…
Kidney drops Trimble for France match
…29-11 tournament opening win over Italy at Dublin's Croke Park. But Kidney is still waiting on the fitness of flanker Stephen Ferris who missed the Italy match with a knee injury. The coach has left a space on the blindside which he hopes to fill on Thursday…
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The other thing is if I had got a shot at a decent level when I was 22 or 23 I probably would have been so bad that I wouldn’t never have been given another chance. So I’m hoping now that if I ever do get a chance at a higher level, or even still at Ulster, I’m taking that opportunity and hopefully I’m here for the long haul.
I think maybe it’s hard for foreign coaches to come in to a place like Ulster where it’s so steeped in tradition and the pride of playing for Ulster is such a big thing. Our coaches now know what that means. For us, growing up, playing for Ulster is your big goal and so they’ve brought back the desire and the pride in playing for the Red Hand.
Knows his rugby, is very, very technical, but makes it enjoyable to learn, and he’s very good at analysing why some moves work better than others.
Because it was brought up so often I’d be going into games thinking: ‘flip, if I miss one tackle I’ll be out of the team’. Whereas it’s still massively important it’s not been made into as big an issue, and perhaps that’s because I’m defending better. Now I’m more thinking: ‘I’m going to make this tackle this time’.It’s a complete different mindset now which seems to be paying dividends.
I don’t think he was the first coach (to have those issues) but hopefully, he will be the last because it’s something we’ve worked on this summer. Ach aye, I realised I had to. I’m 27 now, if I don’t sort out my defence I knew I wouldn’t be offered any Ulster contract and then I wouldn’t know where to go after that.
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