Gareth Steenson
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And actually, they've been in a final this year.
They've got to look to go and...
They think to themselves, semi-final, final and that, because you've got to get used to playing in finals.
You've got to get used to being in and around the business end of the season.
You have to train it a little bit.
I think they actually need to just learn how to map out a season almost and kind of work out that there's a certain amount of points that I know that they want to...
They ended up in the amount of points, I think it was 50-odd-something points, that would have actually got them in the top eight traditionally in the URC.
But that wasn't the case this season.
But I think they've kind of got to go and be able to utilise the squad.
This is a brand new thing for Ulster.
They're starting to see players going away at Irish teams.
You're starting to see you've got to utilise your squad.
We've got to make sure people are fit come the end of the year, the business end.
But we've got to make sure we're in the business end of the season.
And I think the big thing for Ulster and the big learning really for them is they have to understand what their biggest fixtures are within a season.
Their biggest fixtures are, if you think of what happened this year, it isn't Leinster.
It isn't the Stormers.
It's actually against the likes of the Dragons, the Scarlets.
You've got to take five points out of these games.
You've got to collect points along the way.