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Published 12:33 10 Sept 2022 BST
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"Lukey Marshall loves bacon fat. He's mad for eating egg yolks and bacon together... if he sees some bacon fat sitting on your plate, he'll ask after it. A lot of pro rugby players cut the whites off the eggs, just to eat them. He cuts the whites off his eggs, but just to eat the yolks."Henderson is over in Slough for the URC launch as the rest of his team prepare for a [now cancelled] pre-season game against Glasgow Warriors. It will be another while before we see him in action for Ulster as he looks to get a clear run on injury issues that have taken chunks out of his past two seasons. "I've been rehabbing from a couple of injuries, this summer," the Ulster captain tells us. "I'm getting back after my hand operation and a knee injury. "So, slow and steady but we're definitely getting there. From the touchline, where I've been doing my rehab, I've been watching to see how the rest of the team are getting on. They're going great, performing really well and being put under some serious pressure from the coaches. Hopefully it will put us in good stead for the first game."
"The Rob Herring try, at the end of that last game [against New Zealand], was my probably favourite moment. "I was devastated not to be involved, but it was class watching them doing it. I was there for a bit, at the start, and I saw what they wanted to do, and setting their stall out. It was really impressive. I was really disappointed not to be involved, but incredibly proud watching them, back home."https://twitter.com/SkySportsRugby/status/1548226654622732289
"Of the modern era," he began, "it probably has to be Dan Carter. "Brian O'Driscoll has to be up there. Johnny Sexton, although he's not retired yet. I'll go Brian O'Driscoll... or Dan Carter. No! I'll go Brian O'Driscoll."The beauty for Iain Henderson, and others, here is that rugby excellence and impact is in the eye of the beholder. There is no right answer, but that is what makes these Greatest Of All Time debates so wonderful, and engaging. *Ulster kick off their United Rugby Championship campaign with a 7:35pm kick-off against Glasgow, at Kingspan Stadium, on Saturday, September 17.
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