Warrington Wolves winger Gene Ormsby says everyone’s enjoying their rugby
6:40am Sunday 13th July 2014 in Wolves news
By Mike Parsons, Sports Editor
Gene Ormsby celebrating a try
FRIENDSHIP goes a long way in rugby league and there appears to be a whole heap of brotherly love in Wolvesâ first team.
Whether things are going good or bad, such spirit can be crucial for team dynamics.
And for Wolves to have galvanised such an environment in a year of many personnel changes â including many youngsters feeling their way into elite-level sport â is an achievement.
Winger Gene Ormsby, who has this week extended his contract until the end of 2016, is in his breakthrough year after plying his trade in the Academy system and then on dual registration with Swinton in the Championship last year.
He said: âIt feels like how we used to play at under 18s and under 20s level, when youâre with your mates and you just love playing rugby together.
âAnd to feel like that at first grade I think is the best way to go about it.
âEveryoneâs enjoying their rugby. In training, thereâs a really good attitude and atmosphere.
âIâm probably enjoying my rugby more than Iâve ever enjoyed it.â
And part of the enjoyment for the 21-year-old is the experience of playing in front of big crowds, with regularly 10,000-plus supporters cheering from the stands and many of them chanting âGeno, Genoâ after tries like the one he scored to earn Wolves a win at Hull on Friday.
âItâs mad, crazy,â he said.
âI remember on my debut at Leeds they were all chanting âGenoâ.
âIâd been used to playing in front of 400-500 people with Swinton last year.
âAnd when I rocked up at Leeds for my debut I realised it was like a totally different dynamic.
âBut I really enjoy it.
âI feel like the crowd have been good to me and I feel thatâs helped me out.
âItâs good to feed off the crowd.â
He is learning as the season goes along by teating every-thing as a new experience.
And Ormsby says confidence is generally high in the camp.
âI feel like we can beat anyone,â he said.
âOur team has a mixture of youth and experience.
âThe young guys like me are enthusiastic and keen to do well, whereas the older guys have that but also are more level headed and know how to go about getting a win.
âThey lead us around the park, the likes of Micky Higham and Michael Monaghan, and we need that.â
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Article source: http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/irish-international/2014/0617/624402-ireland-starlet-ringrose-nominated-for-irb-gong/
Warrington Wolves winger Gene Ormsby says everyone"s enjoying their rugby
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