Lowndes will be the hardest to beat.

There was a bit of youthful enthusiasm going on. But they were all way too deep and I came out in second.

Luke is nursing a calf injury, but we will monitor his situation closely,

The operation went well, but the minimum he will be out is two months, so he is definitely out of the autumn internationals,

If we keep playing the way we are defensively, and competing, eventually it will turn our way. It has to.

We will have coaches come and go. The better coaches we bring in, the more guys will end up leaving. But if we can keep the core and manage the system, I think the players can get better each spring and carry it over to the fall, and they can do it for all five years they are here.