Rhys Ruddock

Rob Carney's famous for his GAA links and his ability to field a high ball.

So certain sports more so, but I think the more sports people can play at a young age,

I'm not sure.

I think when people are in it, they're very much connected to the tradition and the history of their school and wanting to, you know, perform and excel because.

they're proud of I think that's the main thing for me around the school's rugby is the pride and the history and tradition is so strong with each school so naturally people are ambitious and put a huge amount of effort into what they're doing sometimes in other sort of areas or different teams you have to actually try and create that almost superficially whereas the school's rugby is very lucky with that tradition and history

Yeah, massively.

Obviously, you know, the majority would probably come from the similar schools that everyone would think of.

But, you know, more and more there are guys outside of that core kind of school system that do come through.

And I think it's important, like Bernard said, to invest in that and make sure you're giving opportunity to guys from different areas.

Yeah, I think the amount of hype around it, the amount of people who go to watch, I do sometimes think, is it a lot of pressure?

But I was chatting to Bernard about it before, and there's also different tiers in terms of, certainly in Newbridge anyway, there's the first team that are playing the Senior Cup, and it is high pressure, but hopefully we do our best to support them, and they support each other to make sure that they're still enjoying it, and we don't put any extra pressure than the external pressure on them.

But then there's like the second team, third team, there's a place kind of for everyone.

So I think if people don't want that type of pressure, they can play at a lower level and still enjoy the rugby, probably have a little less of the analysis and all those things and just go out and play with your mates.

So certainly the top level in senior cup is pressurized environment, but hopefully the guys who are in there, they want to be there.

Yeah, I agree with Bernard.

They'll be mad to really right the wrongs of the Bordeaux game and come away with some silverware.

So we'll certainly be backing them anyway.