I don't think you need to go global rugby to save the Lions, but I think you need to go global rugby to save rugby and not lose things like the Lions.
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It really gets my back up when people start using business phrases - 'sustainability,' 'the brand,' etc. - about rugby.
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Before I was 'the captain' with the label - because essentially, that's all it is - I was a player, and before that, I was a fan of the game, fan of the team.
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If we have given everything we can, you are not settling for mediocrity because the better team won. Sometimes you have to have that mindset to be able to improve rather than keep telling yourself you should have won.
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As you get older, you realise you can't worry about mistakes; you just worry about playing, and I've been doing that.
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Happiness is dangerous. If you're happy, you're content, and if you're content, you can become complacent.
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I find it hard to believe that anyone could be playing regularly and saying they do not have a niggle. It is the nature of the beast, what you get when you play a lot of rugby: you have to get another niggle to forget about the one you already have.
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I usually don't talk for three days after a defeat. Then you have an epiphany and realise it's just a game.
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I like to think I am a happy angry person, if that makes sense.