{"id":14766,"date":"2011-08-05T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=14766"},"modified":"2011-08-05T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T09:33:08","slug":"david-humphreys-quotes-audio-on-ulster-rugby-pre-season-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/david-humphreys-quotes-audio-on-ulster-rugby-pre-season-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"David Humphreys Quotes & Audio On Ulster Rugby Pre-Season & Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Humphreys Quotes & Audio on Pre-Season and Camp<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Audio_DHumphreys_on_preseason_050811.mp3]\n

On Monday morning, the Ulster Squad depart for a five-day long camp in the South of France.<\/p>\n

Based in the town of Capbreton, the week will play out much the same as when at Newforge, although the change of scenery is a important part of the pre-season schedule<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you train somewhere all summer you need a change of surroundings\u201d explains Director of Rugby David Humphreys, \u201cWe\u2019re nearing the end of what has been a very long, tough period for the players and camp is a chance to get away for a few days and come back refreshed for the start of the season\u201d<\/p>\n

The players will train Monday and Tuesday ahead of a friendly match against Bayonne on Wednesday, the first in a three match programme of friendlies which also includes games against Neath and Harlequins.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1904, Bayonne play at the Parc des Sports also known as the Stade Jean Dauger in the town and finished 7th in last season\u2019s Top 14. They\u2019ll provide some formidable opposition for Ulster but at this very early stage in the season, Humphreys is not too concerned with the result
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\n\u201cTo be honest, the game, in terms of a result, is not hugely significant for us \u2013 the purpose of the match was to get a camp and to give some players, game time, who wouldn\u2019t ordinarily get it\u201d explains Humphreys<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think Bayonne will be quite strong as their league season starts the following week but for us the camp is about preparation. This match is the first of three friendlies and every one is a step towards competitive rugby. We\u2019ll do things a little differently in each game so that by the time we come to play Glasgow in the first round of the Pro12 everybody has clicked back into what is a match week and the season is off and running again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The majority of the Ulster players have been in pre-season since the 20th June and they include the Phoenix Academy Players who have worked with the rest of the senior squad on improving their skills and physicality<\/p>\n

\u201cWitha lot of our senior players have been away we\u2019ve brought in our Phoenix Academy players who\u2019ve worked very hard this summer, and camp is an opportunity for many of them to get a first taste of playing without the leaders around them. \u201c said Humphreys<\/p>\n

\u201cLast season the Academy players went through pre-season with us and some went on to make an impact and we feel that giving them the exposure at an earlier stage has been a way of fast-tracking them into the squad\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCamp will give us an indication of which players are ready to step up into the Pro12 and it\u2019s also a chance for the players to put into practice what we\u2019ve been working on over the course of pre-season and for us to see if it\u2019s working or if there\u2019s still some fine-tuning to do before we get into our competitive fixtures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Humphreys Quotes & Audio on Pre-Season and Camp [audio:http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Audio_DHumphreys_on_preseason_050811.mp3] On Monday morning, the Ulster Squad depart for a five-day long camp in the South of France. Based in the town of Capbreton, the week will play out much the same as when at Newforge, although the change of scenery is a important part of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6335,5777,5735,5577,6044,5585,6334,3959,1997],"class_list":["post-14766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-audio","tag-camp","tag-david","tag-humphreys","tag-on","tag-pre-season","tag-quotes","tag-rugby","tag-ulster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14771,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions\/14771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}