110 Quotes by Eddie Jones

We understand who we are as a team. We just have to focus on keeping our heads screwed on right.

We were reasonably happy with the way we started the tour against Scotland and haven't seen the need to make any changes at this stage.

We have flown Matt over purely as a precaution at this stage. With a bit of treatment tonight George should be fine and right to take his place in the starting line-up.

There has to be some sort of officiating of the actual laws of the game. Rugby is in a really negative spiral at the moment where the game is rewarding negativity at the tackle contest. There is no reward at all for trying to play rugby. We're a side that actually tries to play rugby and we're not being encouraged to play.

We got happy just taking the threes. After a tough game (a 95-89 loss at Detroit on Friday), you may not have the leg strength. That was key. We were trying to penetrate and kick. The shots didn't go down. Just don't blame it on shooting. You can never blame a loss on shooting. It's what you do defensively.

You have nights like that when you want it so bad.

When Mike (is) on like that, he makes it tough for anyone to deal with because he has unlimited range, pretty much. What are you going to do, come up on him? He'll just drive right past you and hit the pull-up. When he's got it going, he's just tough to deal with.

The good news is that it's not something too serious and with some rest and a break from the game, he should be right to start the Super 14 season.

Tonight was one of those nights where things didn't go my way. I got great looks at the rim, I just couldn't knock them down.