Ulster are on the right track

PADDY WALLACE has backed up Neil Best’s criticisms of the Ulster set-up in years gone by but insists that standards off the field have improved immeasurably since the flanker’s departure.

Bets spent six seasons at Ravenhill before joining Northampton in 2008 and claimed recently that the set-up in Belfast “paled in comparison” to what was available at Franklin’s Gardens.

“Newforge, where we train, has been developed since Neil’s day,” said Wallace. “I read the article and he was pretty much spot on. We did train in a small gym with small physio facilities and that has all been changed with a state-of-the-art gym. The physio facilities are much improved. We have two full-time physios there.