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14th June 2017
04:05pm BST

"The end of every season is an emotional time at any team or club. You know you're not going to see the guys from that next week on - when you go on holidays - and you'll probably never see some guys again. That's something that is part and parcel of being a rugby player these days. "You get to know each other, day to day, and you get to respect each other and you play for each other. These lads are in your path and in your social group for so long and, literally, you don't know the next time you'll all be together. It's such a hard thing. There's such a change to your environment."
Boss spoke all about rugby's WhatsApp etiquette:
"Some of the lads, even from last year [at Leinster], we're in the same city and it is still hard to meet up. That social circle is never going to be the same again. It is strange but it's inevitable. He added, "WhatsApp is a new phenomenon. We never used to have that back in the [Ulster and early Leinster] days. "When someone finishes up, they either don't announce it and leave the group. Everyone else is going, 'Eh, did you see he left the group?'. "Or there's a ritual where if someone doesn't leave the group they get kicked out. It's a jokey mean way to say, 'Right, you've got to move on!'"You've got to be cruel to be kind, Boss remarked. Time to move on. *Listen to the full chat from 20:00 below https://soundcloud.com/thehardyardssportsjoe/episode-17-donnacha-ryans-character-irelands-2006-tour-of-nz-and-munsters-pro12-final
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