Billy Burns says the 'gut-wrenching' pain of last season's United Rugby Championship quarter-final loss to Connacht is driving the Ulster squad on.
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"The way the weeks have been structured in pre-season, it's felt like we've taken our learnings from games like that and hopefully we'll see the benefits of that when we come into tight games in the future, or knockout games."Bath-born Burns, who qualifies for Ireland through his paternal grandfather, quickly set about elbowing his way into Joe Schmidt's national set-up after arriving at Ulster.
"Last year, I was worried too much about what other people were doing in the team and probably wasn't getting my own house in order. "I was actually chatting to Doaky this morning. I can't believe he's played 46 games for the club, genuinely it seems like he's played 146 games," said Burns.
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