I have to accept there was no malice in it,

I don't think there was any malice or intent in the forethought. But I don't accept or approve of the content. ... I don't think they were reflective of the organization.

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.