This is pretty exciting from my perspective, and I know many trappers who also are excited. |
We are dealing with a few injuries and a few guys we are not sure if they will get through or not. |
We are really hoping he will be around next season. We are trying to deal with this part of his career and afterwards. We are trying to get a role that would satisfy both. |
We didn't bring him back on in case he got a second yellow card. He was so enthusiastic after being out for so long and we were only going to give him 50 minutes anyway. |
We had to change Lewis's focus, make him approach the lay-off as an extended close season, an opportunity to really get in shape. He's done just that, which means that in the long-term we should get benefit from it. In the short-term, the benefit will be England's. |
We have a real win with Brett. We want him to fight for a place until the end of the season. He has played well this season. |
We know if we win our last three games, then it's pretty likely we will be second. It is great to have things under your control. |
We know what we're trying to do. |
We made a decision that he was not quite right for the Sale game, and I felt if we played him it could have turned into one of those injuries that runs and runs. He will be okay to play in the Test match next Saturday. |
We need to deal with some of our ball control issues, defensive issues and our kicking. We still had a good side out, with four British Lions out on the paddock, and we should have done better. |
We respect them, they know what they're doing and if we play like we did against the Dragons we'll lose. If we play anything like we know we're capable of we'll win - that's the simplicity of it sometimes. |
We took our opportunities and kept our composure - we are okay with the result. |
We were looking for a like-for-like replacement for me and that made the field very narrow. We thought again about the structure and we are being more inventive. We are talking to a lot of guys: there are some good coaches out there and Leicester is not the easiest place to come to because it can be intimidating. |
We were tempted to start with Lewis on the bench, particularly given the amount of back rowers at the club who are playing very, very well, |
We will take this tournament very seriously, |