It was good to win some silverware and give game time to some of the players who are likely to be on the bench at Twickenham. We possibly had one eye on the Daily Mail final, but it was good to have the match before going to Twickenham.

I was sure we were good enough to win the game and I spoke to the players about how I felt it was there for the taking.

We expected to win this game, ... but it was still good to put it on the record.

I love that time of the game. That's where players make their money, so to speak, and where you win or lose. Playing in crunch time is something I've always enjoyed since I was seven years old.

The longer the game went on, the more I thought we'd go on to win it.

In the past, Sam, Graham and Ollie have been over to help out with coaching. However, the coaching we have been doing has been specific rather than as a team, so the Tigers boys haven't been over, but they are fully aware of how we are doing and they have passed on their best wishes for the final.