Ben Healy has enjoyed a promising start to his young Edinburgh career, with the Scottish side sitting fifth in the URC - one spot ahead of his old Munster mates - and Healy sitting proudly atop the league scoring charts.
He has already established himself at international level, having switched allegiances to Scotland after struggling as third choice 10 with Munster and with little interest from Ireland.
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While he has had a couple of eye-catching performances for the Scots, he was still left out of their first-choice 23, and forced to watch the World Cup hammering against Ireland from the stands; an experience which he described in an interview with Tom English as one of the lowest points in his career.
It was incredibly, incredibly tough. Even though I wasn't playing, it was probably one of the lowest days I've had too be honest.
Partly because in the stand you're powerless, you can't do anything. But also, and I've said this before, a World Cup campaign is such a long build-up, such a long pre-season, and in the space of just 80 minutes you see it unfolding in front of you and you know it's the end of it.
So I won't lie, it was incredibly, incredibly tough. It took a few days to fully get over it, but you have to.
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4 November 2023; Ciarán Frawley of Leinster scores his side's third try despite the efforts of Ben Healy of Edinburgh during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Edinburgh at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
"There's a lot of tough days you go through", he continued.
"Pre-season before a World Cup is not very nice. And you're constantly referencing the World Cup and what you want to do in it when you're in those dark moments.
"And then, like I said, in the space of 80 minutes it just feels like all of it is all or nothing..... it is tough."
Healy was also asked who would he rather beat between Munster and Leinster, and with clearly a lot to prove to his old club, he went with Munster.
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