Pre match is always an interesting time as there is always a lot of nervous energy around the team, but I just try and keep my head down and think about the process of the game - what needs to be done and how to put the team in the right places to play. The game itself went well for around 60 minutes and we were pleased with our performane and on a personal note it was fantastic to get across the white wash; mind you I didn’t do much!  Jonny’s great kick and Lesley’s take and offload were fantastic. However as Wales showed that is not enough as they put us to the sword with their hustling and all credit goes to them for doing that.
 

We had Sunday off so I spent that relaxing and travelling back to Bath and looking forward to putting things right that went wrong on the weekend! Again training was light in the first couple of days which is great from the coaches as I’m sure there are a huge amount of things going through their minds and wanting to put onto the training park but the time off is what we need to recover. I didn’t train too much during the week as a I had a slight tear in my right quad so my frst session was on Thursday. Being injured is always a difficult situtaion to be in as you don’t ever want to feel left behind but you have to trust the physios and as always they know best because as I trained on Thursday my leg felt great!