27 Quotes by Ewen McKenzie

They've got a very good tactical appreciation of the kicking game, they can play with width and I thought their mauling game (last week) was outstanding.

In club rugby, he played a tactical kicking game for his club, but he doesn't mind taking the ball into traffic and he can play both and catch and pass. And he's got that sleight of hand at the line where he might pass it and he might not. He's very good at using people around him to create opportunities for himself and for them, so hopefully he can display all of that on the weekend and a bit more.

I haven't really had a good discussion with him on that side of it yet so we'll do that over the next few weeks.

I haven't forgotten what I've said before, but whether you'd change your No.9 if you don't have your regular No.10 ... that's one of the things we'd have to look at.

I offered him an opportunity to come off probably a little earlier than he did, but he didn't want to. That was fine with me.

He's trained hard this week and has performed well in the role for the Wallabies in the past so we're confident in his ability to call the shots on Friday.

He's the kind of guy who doesn't fear getting stuck in and it's that kind of quality that makes people want to play alongside him.

He played against them earlier this year and I think he enjoys the challenge of those contests as much as the rest of our guys do. He did well early last year but then was out and we missed him in the business end of the season.

He played a full game with a broken nose only a couple of weeks ago, so he is pretty tough. I was not surprised about that.