Athlete

I had to write 1500 words on advertising and marketing at the weekend for my business management course, and you can't think about rugby while you are doing that!

You do anything you can for your team.

I had to write 1500 words on advertising and marketing at the weekend for my business management course, and you can't think about rugby while you are doing that!

You do anything you can for your team.

I have always been a person with big aspirations, and I have always been confident I could take my opportunity, but you never know until you are out there.

The best way to stay cool is to stay focused - you have to focus on your job. As soon as you take your eye off that, you will slip up, so you have got to have everything 100 per cent on what is in front of you.

I'm competitive, I'll look to do my job on the field, and that's all that matters.

I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job.

Walking out in front of 80,000 spectators was unbelievable.

Every time I kick a goal, I do the Joining Jack sign, which is two Js linked together for Jack's charity and for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

There is a difference going onto the pitch with No. 10 on your back rather than No. 12, and you need to have a clear understanding and be unbelievably prepared for what you are going into and what you will face.

It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

The start of the game is a bit of a tone-setter for what's to come, but that's not always the case.

You always think you're ready earlier than you are.

I get treated like everyone else, and that's the way it should be.

You review a game. You don't brush over anything you did well and look at anything you could improve. There's stuff to get better at, it's not hard to find.

I don't know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.

You always look at a game and see what you can take out of it to help you go to the next level.

The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.