Lineout Quotes

I like rugby - I watch it from time to time. It's basically football without pads but probably a little bit more dangerous than football. You've got to be a lot tougher in that sport - but I definitely like watching rugby and watching those guys knock each other around. It looks like a fun sport.

You don't really get fly-halves battering each other.

I was a good reader of a rugby match. I could kick, too.

Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.

If your form dips as a back-row forward, it is best to address the areas you know you're going to be heavily involved in.

Growing up at school I played a lot of fly-half and a lot of scrum-half, I thought I had a good boot but never really used it as much as I do now.

In rugby union, I was out wide kicking stones with the pretty boys.

Rugby is a game where everything is connected - from your kicking game to your defence to your set piece and attack.

I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.

Rugby is just a ball. I would be much more versed to coach American football, but you need 22 players and all of the equipment. With rugby, all you need is some green grass, a ball, and a bunch of kids who want to run into each other really hard, which they enjoy.