Stockdale: I’m a better player now

By SAM JACKSON

ULSTER’S Jacob Stockdale says he is a “much better” rugby player now than he was when he burst onto the international scene in 2018.The wing, then 21, broke the Six Nations try-scoring record on the way to being named Player of the Tournament in a memorable breakout campaign. The years since have been more of a mixed bag for the Lisburn man, who is adamant that his best years lie ahead.“It was probably a year where everything went right,” he reflects.“I feel like a much better rugby player now than I was back then, but ...

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