23 Quotes by Richie McCaw

After a game, no matter what the score is, you come off the ground from playing an African team feeling sore. You feel like you've been in a real physical battle but some days against the Australian teams it's not like that.

They threw everything at us. We had to defend very well at the end.

They threw everything at us. Defenses are going to win you games and that's what we needed at the end.

It wasn't pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start to us but it was good to get a win and we're happy to come away with five points.

It was certainly the most intense game we've played all season but I think we expected that when we came up here and we're just happy that we got the points.

It probably wasn't that pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start and we didn't get our game together, but we're certainly happy to come away with five points.

The Blues threw everything at us and got points on us in the first half but the guys kept their composure and we really went up a level to come away with the win.

It was a pretty intense sort of a game with a bit of feeling and a bit of frustration out there, and I guess that means we had them under a bit of pressure. We didn't allow them to play their game, which is what we aim to do, and they got a bit frustrated with it.

I'm relieved, to be quite honest. We got put under a heap of pressure and the boys defended well but possibly we concentrated too much on defending rather than keeping on attacking.