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25th March 2020
09:19am GMT

Cooney's Ulster were well placed for a run at both the Guinness PRO14 and European Cup when the season was halted.
"We don’t know what’s going to happen," says Cooney. "It doesn’t look likely at the moment but it would be great for Ulster, because in the position we’ve been in all year we’ve been going well. So I was very optimistic with us, in Europe and the PRO14, of how we could do."
Trimble asked about the pay deferral, which he described as 'a pretty amazing gesture, from the players' perspective'. The scrumhalf commented:
"If you look at the world at the moment, everybody is in turmoil or worried about getting cuts. People are getting their jobs lost, and stuff like that. I think, in the grand scheme of things, [the pay deferral] is okay. It's going to happen everywhere. "We'd be a bit oblivious if we thought nothing was going to happen to us. For me, I didn't see it as an issue as the world is struggling at the moment. It is what is is. Your overheads are going to be lower because no-one is travelling and spending as much money. I think you've got to live within your means. We would have been a bit in our own worlds if we thought nothing would happen to us."We are all in this together. That is how Cooney sees the current situation and he is doing his part by staying at home as much as possible. He has even set up a home gym to stay fit while the rugby season is on hiatus and has acquisitioned a rake of gym equipment from Ulster Rugby. As for playing out a truncated end of 2019/20 season behind closed doors, the Dubliner is down for that possibility should the cards fall that way. WATCH THAT HOUSE OF RUGBY EPISODE HERE:
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