Our scrum was better against Ireland. We need to keep improving and relish the contest. |
Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games. |
Over the last 18 months they've shown a great deal of strength mentally in close games. |
Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us. |
Rath trained really well today so he's going to be right to go this weekend. He's had some x-rays that have cleared his chest of any serious infection so he'll be available for selection. |
Saracens have got some very good players. They have had a difficult season but there is now a real togetherness in the squad. |
Scott will be desperate to beat us. He's one of the most talented coaches in world rugby and has done excellent work with Wales. |
Shaquille O'Neal, probably the best player on the planet. When you acquire someone of that magnitude, people are going to come. He's larger than life. |
Shot-clock violation. No doubt about it. It was a shot-clock violation. |
The advice from the medical staff is to give Jeremy the opportunity to rest his injury and unfortunately that means missing out on the tour. |
The blokes have worked really hard over the last five days and have come together well. |
The good news is that it's not something too serious and with some rest and a break from the game, he should be right to start the Super 14 season. |
The key was to play tough defense on them. We know they're a talented, offensively skilled team. It was all about protecting the paint, making them shoot contested jump shots and giving them one chance at the rim. |
There has to be some sort of officiating of the actual laws of the game. Rugby is in a really negative spiral at the moment where the game is rewarding negativity at the tackle contest. There is no reward at all for trying to play rugby. We're a side that actually tries to play rugby and we're not being encouraged to play. |
There may be one or two others that we may rest and they may also be medically linked as well. |