30 Quotes by Ian McGeechan

I was on the phone to chief executive David Davies all the time to get Raphael involved in the club. I am delighted to get someone of his experience in that front five.

We carried on from last week in the first half.

We know their competitiveness and consistency is an immediate challenge for us,

You have had two players not playing for so long and when they come back they bring freshness and they are quality players.

This weekend's game is the biggest challenge you can have as a club, and we want to do ourselves justice following two previous poor performances on the road in the Heineken Cup. This is about playing for pride and measuring ourselves against the best in the northern hemisphere.

The tour will have a focus on the tests and a focus on development,

The three games have a nice balance to them,

Saracens are my 'dark horse' team of this season, and I think they will do very well over the year. We are anticipating a very tough contest, and know they will challenge us in every department,

They showed great control with the ball (against Northampton) last week, and played very impressively. We know we will be challenged in every area.