It's good to have them back with a clean bill of health. They give us leadership and experience which is hard to replace. |
It's great that we're authors of our own destiny in this championship. |
It's great we can get Paul on the pitch and we'll see how long he lasts. He's been out of the game for a month so it's hard to imagine he'll play the full 80 minutes. |
It's hard to see where France played any rugby. We made enough errors for a whole season and gifted them the best part of 40 points. |
It's the biggest competition of the season and it's our bread and butter. You don't muck around with it. |
Jerry has had a really good run of form and he has probably edged out Rory based on his performances in the Heineken Cup. |
Marcus is quite stiff after the knock he took, but he's fine and we expect him to be back in full training next week. |
Most of (the holdings) are in dollar-denominated assets. They'll want to see how vulnerable it is to the U.S. Congress. It'll be more difficult to finalize an investment proposal that involves an American bank or an American asset. |
One of the Irish players was bitten by one of the Italian players. |
Paul is coming on all the time. He was close to being able to play yesterday, but the risk was that if he sustained a knock on it the rest of his tournament would be jeopardy. |
Paul is full of fire and enthusiasm and the perfect man to get the team going. |
Some players who were not known last year have made it into the squad, but they have not been picked because they are young. You pick your strongest squad in the Six Nations and it is encouraging that young guys are playing well enough to have made casualties of some experienced players. |
The back row is again an area where competition is high. Both Jamie and Neil have impressed in their performances so far this season, |
The cast on Paul's hand is due to come off on Tuesday, and we will wait and see what the specialist says, |
The injury rate at this point of the season has been high and, with three Lions players out injured as well as fitness tests pending on two others, this impacts on the experience in the squad considerably, |