“Enjoying pre-season, and the grind that it brings.” Recently, as Ireland launched their World Cup jerseys for France 2023, we had an opportunity to catch up with Ulster captain Iain Henderson. He was in typically laconic humour and opened up on a number of subjects. It had been a while since I had been to […]

2 years ago

“That is definitely something Faz has spoken about growing.” While Warren Gatland has been putting his Welsh World Cup hopefuls through the wringer, Iain Henderson is thankful that Andy Farrell has taken player feedback on-board. The Ireland squad is still being put through some swift paces and pushed extremely hard, but nowhere like that Wales […]

2 years ago

“Well, he’s been doing it for 12 years now, and he’s still going all right!” It is United Rugby Championship launch day, in London, and Iain Henderson is divulging a bit of insider squad information on an Ulster teammate. Asked about the strangest diets in the Ulster squad, he mentions a physio with a ‘really […]

3 years ago

The Ulster captain will fly out of New Zealand in the coming days. Even before the official news came through, it was looking bad for Iain Henderson. On Monday, the IRFU confirmed that Henderson and Rob Herring had both sustained injuries in training. Niall Scannell was flying out as injury cover in the hooker position. […]

4 years ago

Greenwood made his selection for the final week of this year’s Six Nations. Will Greenwood has named his Six Nations ‘Team of the Week’ and included four Ireland players in his starting XV. Ireland capped off the 2022 Six Nations campaign by winning the Triple Crown as they beat Scotland 26-5 at the Aviva Stadium […]

4 years ago

What a nerve-jangler that was. Injuries to James Ryan [concussion] and Ryan Baird [back] mean Iain Henderson is all but guaranteed being in the Ireland team when Andy Farrell names it tomorrow afternoon. Having headed back to Ulster to get minutes under his belt, Henderson was on the replacements bench for the 32-15 win over […]

4 years ago