The good thing was we had a win, which will boost the confidence of the players, and I thought it was a pretty good spectacle. It's early days and we can't take too much out of these games, so we've got our feet firmly on the ground.

I thought we adapted better in the rain, simply because we were more committed.

We sent a lot of good messages to the other teams that this team is going to be a threat.

Winning breeds confidence, it's as simple as that. There's a very good chance we may need to go through there in the playoffs, so we could gain a lot of confidence and momentum.

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.

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.