ALEX SANDERSON MEDIA SESSION 22/10/2024
FUTURE OF THE DU PREEZ TWINS “We are trying to be on the front foot with all negotiations. If I read something in the paper and if the...
FUTURE OF THE DU PREEZ TWINS “We are trying to be on the front foot with all negotiations. If I read something in the paper and if the...
REFLECTIONS ON WIN OVER NEWCASTLE “Lots of good stuff and some which will not be good enough against the two teams we play in the next...
PLAYERS STEPPING UP AGAINST GLOUCESTER WITH LOTS OF PLAYERS OUT “They mentioned it in the week that most people, particularly Gloucester,...
GEORGE FORD “He went for a scan on Monday night and set to get results Tuesday night. He has pulled a muscle in his quad. “He is...
TOM CURRY “He is currently undergoing his return-to-play from an HIA (concussion incident that happened during the first half of the...
RAFFI QUIRKE “He is on the mend. He has had a successful operation on his scaphoid (a bone in the wrist), the same hand he broke a couple...
MANU TUILAGI “He is very well and positive, out on the training field. We will give him as long as we can. He is a quick healer so hope...
TOM CURRY “He is not available for Saturday. He is not far off but unfortunately he has not made it. We have not done enough rugby...
REFLECTIONS ON THE SEASON AS IT COMES TOWARDS AN END “The competition has probably never been like this before where there are six,...
FEELING AHEAD OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S GAME AGAINST LEICESTER “Like it is another knockout game, time is running out. I don’t mean time has run...
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE CHALLENGE CUP? “We are in it to win it, that is for certain. I think it is important that we try and maintain some...
REFLECTIONS ON BATH DEFEAT “I have spent a couple of days reviewing and analysing the Bath game. It is behind us now as we are on to...
MANU’S DEPARTURE “As I said in the statement it is still a wrench in my heart even though together we thought it was the right decision...
REFLECTIONS ON LA ROCHELLE GAME “We gave them too much and a foothold, bumper in the second half and easy points. All the stats go to...
CHALLENGE OF FACING LA ROCHELLE “There is the magnitude of the challenge, double European Cup holders, back-to-back. That brings its own...
POOR CONVERSION RATE IN OPPOSITION 22 “It is probably a few factors, it is never truly one. We have managed to thin-slice it to one; we...
REFLECTIONS ON DEFEAT AT NORTHAMPTON “Frustration at the result and how the middle 20 minutes of the second half panned out. For want of...
MANU TUILAGI INJURY “He has pulled his groin. It is a grade three, linear, muscle fascia tear of an abductor, which is his groin. He...
REFRESHED SQUAD “Yes, I feel like we are in a good spot. Only time will tell because it has got to transfer onto the game this weekend....
CHALLENGE OF PLAYING LEINSTER “They have cohesion, they are super smart and there are no chinks in their armour. They are probably the...