Timmy Horan was a childhood hero. He was a great distributor, elusive, good stepper, very physical, defensively very sound. What a rounded player.

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

David has forced his way in. We're be playing against a physical Italian pack so we selected a back row to meet that. David has played well in the last month or so and has forced his way into the team.

Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration.