THE RUN-IN “They all feel big but the next one is the biggest one. I know it sounds cliché but it is. Any team with aspirations of a home...

LUKE COWAN-DICKIE “He is playing the best rugby of his life, he is like a man possessed. He is settled up north and happy in his private...

MESSAGING FOR THE RUN-IN “Last year we talked about it being some sort of climb, a “Tour de Force” we labelled it, a force of nature and...

CHALLENGE OF TAKING ON TOULOUSE “If this does not excite you then there are few in the calendar that do. They are very good at a lot of...

CONTRACTS Raffi Quirke-  “We heard a while ago there were offers from Exeter, Bath, Harlequins. I went to him as I do everyone and asked...

REFLECTIONS ON VICTORY OVER RACING “I said after the Glasgow game I didn’t think we were far off, small percentages in most areas which...

REFLECTIONS ON WIN OVER LEICESTER “Around 20 minutes in after we scored the first try we got some fixes by way of breakdown policy. We...

TOM CURRY “We were kept in the loop, constant communication around where his head was at in terms of the return to play and 12-day...

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...