Ulster lock is enjoying the competitive environment and the new talent coming through
At 32, the Ulster lock is enjoying his role as impact player, the competitive environment and the new talent coming throughUlster and Ireland secondrow Iain Henderson: 'I feel like I have slipped down the pecking order, if you like, but I don’t see that as the negative.' Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
“Landmark to forget for Ulster as province’s players shut out of Ireland’s match day squad against France,” said the paper. “Ulster have hit a landmark to forget,” ran the copy. Since then, things have improved. Henderson has recovered from a dislocated toe and added energy when he came off the bench against
McCarthy has come into the squad like a snowplough, while Ahern is at the periphery, although called into the training squad with prop Oli Jager, who earned his first cap against, and outhalf Sam Prendergast. They are players in which Farrell sees potential. Stoically, Henderson looks around and can read the landscape and is comfortable about what he sees. It comes back to his competitive nature.
“I’ve loved every bit of the Six Nations and seeing Joe come in over the last year or 18 months,” says Henderson. “He has grown brilliantly into the position, what he adds about the place and in training, his physicality in games is massive. He just has a massive future ahead of him.
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