Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, put the players through their paces in the unfamiliar but spectacular setting of the club’s 1st XV pitch, which is situated on the shores of Donegal Bay.
All the players stayed behind after the session to meet fans and to sign autographs. Ulster and Ireland backrow forward, Iain Henderson, believes that it is great to support clubs across Ulster:
‘It’s brilliant,’ he says. Every year we try and train at a club a bit further from Belfast. Some of our supporters travel two or three hours to Ravenhill to watch us play, so it’s great to come up here and to give a little back. Hopefully, it will help promote some of the fantastic work that goes on here.’
Henderson has six international caps and he believes future Ireland players will be found in clubs like Donegal Town RFC:
‘I started at Academy, a junior rugby club. Clubs like Donegal Town and Strabane where we are going tomorrow could have future Ireland internationals in their ranks so its good to come up and help support the work that they do.’