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Just because you lost your last game doesn't mean you change anything.
My missus knows to leave me alone.
My nutritional knowledge is good enough to figure out what's good, what's bad, and where my leeway is.
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
Rugby takes its toll.
The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.
The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.
The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
The victory is always sweeter... winning things with friends.
There's ego in all of us rugby players.
Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.
When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.