We were pretty angry at England for a few years but now they're playing well we like them a lot more and it's better to watch.

For a championship city, it's pretty tough. The Red Sox, the (New England) Patriots won three years out of the last four. Maybe it's our turn. Hopefully it is. It will be kind of fun to do it.

Fred looked pretty good tonight. He wasn't hesitating, he saw daylight and just took off for it. He looked like the Taylor of old I thought.

That's a pretty good start, and he's 24. It's certainly amazing how well he plays in the finals. I wouldn't bet against him.

We became pretty sensitive about it. We visited Great Ormond Street Hospital when we were in England to do research and we saw the tremendous need for funds.

There's no question that it would be an advantage, if you're going to play England pretty much two weeks after Super 14 finishes, if there are some combinations there it might be an advantage, particularly in that short term where you're trying to bring something together quickly. But I'm not sure what combinations you've got. Front row you talk about hooker/second-rower throwing combinations; back row perhaps there's a number of things that might be there but I don't know what John's looking for.