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And what you want to do is by visualizing this happy, healthy vision of yourself, when you squeeze your fingers together like that, you're creating a neural neural pathway and you're associating that neural neural pathway with squeezing your fingers together.

So the next time you feel anxious and you're on a pitch and you've missed a goal or you haven't saved a goal or if you're perhaps a rugby player, you've missed a tackle or whatever it is, you jump up and you squeeze your fingers together and immediately the neurology of your brain will change and norepinephrine will dump into your system and also dopamine the feel good hormone and that will come from you priming your brain in the way that we've just spoken about look I do it on my own kids you know and you know and I've done hypnosis on my kids since pretty much they're born which sounds weird to some people out there but my daughter ended up being the world kempo karate champion and he's like a very predominant rugby player he's only 14 and he's already playing under-16s for Metro, which is, you know, over at Energia Park there.

But that comes from them priming their own brains, you know.

God help them if they try and tell you a lie.

Terniore College with the victors in the D6W Derby, 17 points to 12 against St. Mary's College in a packed and very wet Templeville Road on Saturday afternoon.

Old Wesley continued their sensational form at a bonus point win, 26 points to 7 over Young Munsters in Energia Park.

Old Belvedere returned to the summit of Division 1A with a victory over second place Clontarf, 11 points to 7 in a titanic tussle in Dublin.

And Ballina Hinch got their first win of the season, 21 points to 17 over Lansdowne in Ballymacaron Park.

Clon Tarff, welcome back on Hinch to Castle Avenue.

Cork Constitution, welcome Old Belvedere to Temple Hill.

Old Wesleyan, St. Mary's College, Clash in Energia Park.

Terran York College, face off against UCD in Lakelands and Young Munsters welcome Lansdowne to Greenfields you've played in that fixture before Barclay haven't you no controversy there I believe

UCD picked up a big 18-13 win over Cork Con, while Ballina Hinch beat Lansdowne 21-17.

And Old Wesley were 26-7 winners over Young Munster at Energia Park.

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Leaders Clontarf are a point better off than Old Belvedere ahead of their trip to Olly Campbell Park.

Elsewhere, Ballina Hinch hosts Lansdowne, Old Wesley take on Young Munster at Energia Park, the Dublin Six Derby is down for decision with St Mary's at home to Terranier, and UCD face Cork Con in Belfields.

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So they definitely responded to, to that loss.

But I suppose talk to me about playing in the final, uh, last season, because the previous final was the tail end of '22 when you beat Railway in Energia Park.

You missed it due to injury, and it's been a long journey to get...

Obviously, it was a long journey for you to come back from injury, but it was a long journey for Blackrock to get back into, into a final.

[laughs]

Absolutely.

But also, like, I know you, you alluded just there, like the, the players that you had that day in Energia Park, but even the players that you have now, like obviously there is a lot of players that are still there since that campaign.

There's a lot of new girls that have come in as well, but there is so much quality in that squad from 1 to 15 and, uh, the girls that are available to come off the bench, too.

So to get away from the oval ball for a little while, which is definitely needed before coming straight back into it again.

And while you were in New Zealand, Amy had to be front and centre for the media day that we had in Energia Park.

So we had Stacey as a player being interviewed a year before, being Amy this year.

I suppose, Amy, how did your time off from rugby go in the off-season?

And it just completely depends on the day, I think, which team comes out on top.

So we're going to hear from the two camps now.

First of all is past Amy talking to me in Energia Park ahead of the new season, while current Amy smiles going, yeah, I know exactly what I said.

Can't remember a thing.

Old Wesley with their first win in the top flight of Energia All-Ireland League rugby in 30 years.

Tom Lark will forever have his name in lights when people ask, where did the first win come from? A 79-minute penalty to win 36 points to 33 against Cork Constitution in Energia Park on Saturday.

Barkie, For a man who's nostalgic about All-Ireland League rugby, from the Insurance Corporation of Ireland through to Energia, All-Ireland League rugby in its present day, that is something that will be in a photo frame in the clubhouse forevermore, that it's their first win in top flight rugby.

And it is something that Morgan Lennon, Alan Large, etc., I understand the players did, every one of them stayed in the clubhouse.

That is our review and preview of Division, sorry, it's our review of Division 2B South.

Our preview of this weekend's game, Saturday, 10th of October, round three to close out block one.

Bechtel Rangers welcome Middleton to Energia Park.

Dolphin and Crescent clash on the 4G in Virgin Media Park.