This week has been hard as the result against scotland has really affected the boys but we are a strong squad and training has gone well and we are looking forward to Ireland.  They have some big game players but the injury to O'Driscoll will have rocked them.

We just travelled across to Twickenham today from our base in Bath and did a bit of kicking and then I rested up on my day off, chilling out in my room and listening to some music.  Tomorrow there will be a team run and I'm looking forward to that as we have been looking sharp in training this week as well as a bit more kicking practice before chilling out and going over videos before the game to make sure we are all ready and prepared!

Game day will be exicting as usual.  I go through the same rituals and processes before a big game (I have to keep those secret though!) and hopefully we can end the tournament on a high.  I know all the boys are desperate for it so lets hope it all goes our way, in front of our home crowd.