Paradoxically, diseases also play an important role in healthy ecosystem functioning. These changes tend to slip under the radar screen until they show up in ecological cascades that lead to wildlife and human health problems.

Spalding is one of our big rivals, just like Severn. If we don't play for the full 32 minutes against them, we're not going to win.

As children, if we cut ourselves at the beach, our mothers told us to wash it in the ocean - seawater was always perceived to be clean and healthy. We are seeing ominous signs that this is changing - surfers in California are now advised to have regular hepatitis inoculations and you really don't want to expose an open wound to near shore water. We should begin to worry deeply about the health of the oceans.

Human activities are knocking things out of balance. For some pathogens, we're seeing nasty synergistic effects with contaminants, such as PCBs.

Life is about living the songs others only sing

It feels great. This is what you play for. The guys had to gut this one out in the end.