Bernard Jackman

We played him in the Challenge Cup in Grenoble.

And then he went back.

I think he coached with Andrew Goodman in Tasman.

So Goodman would know him well.

And then he actually became head coach for a little while in the Highlanders when Tony Brown...

Went to Japan, I think.

So there was a period there where he was head coach.

So a former prop, he can do scrum and line-out, which obviously Jimmy Duffy does, which is unusual.

And it's great if you get someone who can do both.

And yeah, he has a real nice CV.

And I think the really interesting thing about him is he has been on the Northern Hemisphere already.

Okay, it was a player, but he understands the difference.

I remember London Irish had got...

A guy, Tony Coventry, before, who was forwards coach and head coach in New Zealand.

I can't remember which franchise he was with.

But I think it was commonly accepted that he struggled with the detail of the set piece in the premiership, which is the same in the Northern Hemisphere, compared to Super Rugby.

Super Rugby, the line-out is a way of restarting the game.

The mall isn't.

a huge focus the scrum is a very starting game but obviously in the English Premiership it's war URC isn't to that level yet but it's far more technical so I think that's a really big help to him and yeah I think it would be good for Ulster to have that Jimmy Duffy would be missed but certainly they're getting a coach a youngish coach with a lot of experience and a good pedigree

for this week and you know had obviously Doak and Jack coming off the bench to maybe go get the win the real slip up was the Stormers I think you know and obviously they had the red card for Henderson there but that was the one I think that put them under massive pressure against Glasgow and I wonder in hindsight it's easy but I wonder