Ulster have learned to roll with the punches

ROLL WITH IT: Ulster head coach Dan McFarland. Pic: Sydney Seshibedi/Sportsfile

It's been a testing period for Ulster Rugby, coming back from South Africa this week to face Munster in Thomond Park after a fruitless spell in the Southern Hemisphere when their game against Sharks was postponed owing to a virus that ripped its way through their squad.

For fly-half Billy Burns, dealing with external factors as a sportsman has become part of the gig over the last few years.