“I think Brian deserves a lot of credit for giving him a chance.<\/em> He would have worked with him a lot at club level, so he wouldn\u2019t have had any qualms about giving him an opportunity. He\u2019s a very honest coach and he will pick people on form, not reputation. And it\u2019s been no surprise to see him turning in the performances he has done so far this season — it\u2019s what he would expect of himself.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Longwell is gushing in his praise of the many facets to Faloon\u2019s all-round game. \u201cWell, his family train horses, so with all that experience behind him it\u2019s no wonder he\u2019s so strong in the tackle area<\/em>,\u201d says Longwell. \u201cHe\u2019s used to breaking in horses, so it\u2019s second nature to him. You\u2019ll often see him not only going into the collision area with force, but he\u2019ll emerge with the ball as well. He\u2019s got that deceptive kind of wiry strength.<\/em>“<\/p>\n \u201cBut he\u2019s got all the attributes that a No 7 requires. He\u2019s got great feet, a great sidestep. He can off-load with ease, his support play is second to none. I mean, those tries that everyone raved about on television, you can make those sort of runs 20 times in a match and nothing can happen.<\/em>“<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing is, he makes those runs 20 times a match. He\u2019s always alert. I was delighted to see him get those tries against Llanelli and Bath.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to keep on playing,<\/em>\u201d says the player himself. \u201cI want to be playing rugby and I am hoping there will be another chance for me against Edinburgh. Everything\u2019s happening all at once for me.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI have been thrown in at the deep end, but I don\u2019t mind. I want to be here and I will take it any way I can. I am asking for no rests. I just want to keep playing. I will put myself out there again and give Ulster my all if I am playing.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n A tribute from Ferris sums up the impact Faloon is having on the rehabilitated Ulster men. \u201cHe is very strong at the breakdown and counter-rucking, and it is good to have him in there alongside Robbie Diack,<\/em>\u201d says the Irish international.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone who plays in this side knows they have to raise the bar and I was delighted to see Willie get the man-of-the-match award against Bath. But we know that whoever comes into the side, they will lift their game.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Faloon has certainly done that. He may be in seventh heaven, but at the moment all his best work is done on the ground.<\/p>\n Man of the Month is sponsored by The Morning Star. Click the banner below and print out their TWO 4 ONE meal offer!<\/p>\n The No 7 who dazzles with intelligent play a symbol of Ulster’s resurgence, giving lethal combinations with Ferris, Henry, Anderson and Diack – WHAT A BACK ROW! \u201cHe\u2019s just one of those guys you see with that incredible desire to learn and play the game, his appetite is almost insatiable,\u201dsays Longwell, \u201cHe\u2019s prepared to work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[65,89,96],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-man-of-the-month","tag-gary-longwell","tag-stephen-ferris","tag-willie-faloon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","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=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631772,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/631772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/banner.jpg\" "\\"banner\\"")
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