Ulster wing Jacob Stockdale says missing out on Ireland's World Cup squad has fuelled his desire to prove head coach Andy Farrell wrong.
Watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC Two NI & BBC Sport website; live text, report and highlights on BBC Sport websiteOnce the rising star of Irish rugby, Stockdale's Test career had stalled. In August, though, he was back in the green jersey after a two-year exile.
"But at the same time Faz has built a really good quality squad with loads of competition and it was just one of those things were it made more sense for him to take other players than to take me and I completely understand that.Still only 27, Stockdale still has plenty of road ahead in terms of his Test career, and with the Six Nations to come at the start of next year, he is keen to show Farrell his best form in Ulster colours over the next few months.
While Ulster's opening home match of the season always generates considerable interest, Sunday's fixture marks the official rollout of the new artificial surface at Kingspan Stadium. Earlier this week, Nathan Doak said the new 3G surface should enable Ulster to play a faster, more attack-minded brand of rugby."There's two things. One is that you're able to play a bit faster because it's a lighter surface and you can bounce across the top of it instead of getting dug into the mud," he smiles.
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