'I knew I'd be back' – Baloucoune out to take his chance against the Springboks
The Ulster winger has had to wait for his chance after winning his first two caps for Ireland last year.
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The Ulster winger has had to wait for his chance after winning his first two caps for Ireland last year.
Journey across the atlantic, just because you didn't want to fly to the un, i need to be there and i would do it by boat. there was a moment i saw in this documentary where you are recording voice memos and said, "i don't want to have to do this, it is such a responsibility around the clock. i know what is at stake and it is such a responsibility." it sounded like you are taking the whole weight of a generation on your shoulders and taking it across the atlantic on a solar powered boat. and you were what? 16 at the time? yes, it is too much, both for me as an individual but also for young peop...
This is because you didn't want to fly to the un. so you said, "i need to be there. "i'm going to do it by boat." there's a moment i saw in this documentary, where you were recording voice — voice memos. oh, yeah. you said, "i don't want to have to do this. "it's such a responsibility. around the clock. "i know what is at stake, but it's such a responsibility." yeah. it sounded like you were taking the entire weight of a generation on your shoulders, and taking it across the atlantic on choppy waters on a solar—powered boat. and you were, what, 16 at the time? 16, yeah. 16. yeah. i mean, i...
With quite a lot of pressure. i mean, it was certainly not what i intended to do. you took a boat — a two—week journey across the atlantic. this is because you didn't want to fly to the un. so you said, "i need to be there. i'm going to do it by boat." there's a moment i saw in this documentary, where you were recording voice — voice memos. oh, yeah. you said, "i don't want to have to do this. "it's such a responsibility. around the clock. "i know what is at stake, but it's such a responsibility." yeah. it sounded like you were taking the entire weight of a generation on your shoulders, ...
Don't want to have to do this, it is such a responsibility around the clock. i know what is at stake and it is such a responsibility." it sounded like you are taking the whole weight of a generation on your shoulders and taking it across the atlantic on a solar powered boat. and you were what? 16 at the time? yes, it is too much response to, both for me as an individual but also for young people in general. there are people of all ages who are stepping up, but it mostly falls on young people to do this, and it should not be that way. ijust wish sometimes that people would take up a bit more re...