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Rory Best on how Ulster have turned things around

Rugby

Rory Best on how Ulster have turned things around

The Counter Ruck›
Jan 9, 202636:41

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Episode Notes

An ex-Ireland captain is now in charge of the rugby department at one of the country’s four provinces. Rory Best, Joe Schmidt’s on-field lieutenant towards the back end of the 2010s, is back in Irish rugby as general manager of his native Ulster. This is worth a deep dive in and of itself - what is a general manager? Why has Best gone into this role instead of coaching? Is he the Jason Wilcox to Ulster’s Ruben Amorim

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