Rory O'Connor

This guy is a proper Ferrari.

If you even look at his legs, they're so tendinous.

He doesn't need to be doing the training week in, week out on the pitch that the likes of I needed to do.

He needs to be managed in a different way.

And I actually think they're cracking the code with that.

I'm not too sure on the...

Exactly that.

And when you're that explosive, that's the concern.

You know, calf issues, hamstring issues, issues around his hip flexors, his lower back.

And part of what makes him great is genetically he's just so unique.

And that's what allows him to run at such speed.

I remember doing like passing drills with him.

And, you know, when you're doing passing drills, you want your body height to be low.

But because there's just so much tension in his body, he'd gradually just creep up and creep up.

I was just kind of laughing, going, this guy's just...

um an exceptional athlete like when you're doing footwork drills with him you think you have him and he's just gone um and we saw that when he got one-on-one in the italy game at the weekend but it was it was one of those days where things slightly went his way but he also was able to show his full array of tricks early competing and you know getting up and winning ball there was one time he got a turnover landed at his feet but i've seen him do that plenty of times for for ulster

And then the top end speed, like there's nothing better.

I think it was Trimby was saying when he got one-on-one with Arendelle, go, go, you know, just go for it.

a beat almost and there was a run when I think it was my second season with Ulster and we went really well like the likes of James Hume Mikey Lowry Balacoon Stu Moore they were all playing really good rugby like we'd be I think we'd be Claremont away and

he was he was a different beast because he had had a run of games and there just hasn't been many times over the last four or five seasons that he's had that run of five ten fifteen top level games and what does that give you your instincts are really sharp and that's where we saw the like would he have gone for that against Italy last week probably not but his instincts are a little bit sharper he's a bit more confident and it was just great to see I'm delighted for him another guy you know he's a cracking fellow as well