The first couple was always that pressure and that anxiety and whether you are good enough at this level, and I think I performed well enough to be confident coming into this weekend.

I'm hoping the swelling will go down a bit before tomorrow but it doesn't feel too bad.

It has been a massive turnaround. Five months ago I didn't know where I stood or where my rugby was going.

I think a few of the Blues boys didn't like it and half of it got pulled out in the game so I had to take it out.

...Anxiety and panic happen to be mundane phenomena, i.e., even when they are caused by extraordinary things like war and rape, they tend to occur when things are ordinary and predictable and relatively stable, against a backdrop of normal, everyday experience. This, of course, is one of the features of anxiety and panic that make them suck so bad.

A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety.