51 Quotes by Laurie Fisher

He's a very key player and an important part of our leadership group. Having Stephen in the team for another year will be invaluable for us in terms of developing our next line of halves talent.

He's a tremendously gifted player with a phenomenal understanding of the game.

He's been consistently among the best players at both Super 14 and Test level for a number of seasons and it is a huge boost to the team to have George with us for another three seasons.

I would stress that this is a function of the way football is going. It's an enormously tough game in the forwards. To think you can be a starting player week in and week out over potentially all of the Super 14 games is an unrealistic expectation.

It certainly wasn't our greatest game. But it was a very good test of our character.

Our only focus is on preparing our game, so we're not doing things to shut down Rogers or shut down somebody else.

I think everybody will be primed for a good performance. And I guess I'd rather have experienced players who've been there and done that than a whole host of players who haven't. I'd rather be in our shoes than their shoes.

Julian is a fantastic young player with a long future as a professional rugby player, hopefully, at the Brumbies.

We haven't given up, and I only know what I've read in all the papers, which is a fairly strong push that he's over there, but he hasn't told us that yet and I don't know that he's 100 per cent made up his mind. But indications are that he might be leaving. We discussed it with him on a number of occasions, there's nothing to add. The decision is purely in his court now.