In the last 10 minutes of that first half it probably showed us the type of game we wanted to play. We changed the way we played and started to make some inroads.

It's not out of the question that if he doesn't leapfrog me in terms of the way he is playing, which can happen, I'm sure he might start a game here or there as well.

Away from rugby if your head's not right then it makes it pretty hard to concentrate on rugby.

Defense is what counted tonight. In the Super 14 this year defenses have been winning games and I think that showed again tonight.

Normally, it's three or four games into the season before you know the strengths and weak points of the various sides, so there'll more adjusting on the run in this one.

Queensland had a lot of injuries near the end and showed a lot of ticker to take it down to the wire.

We knew if we stayed in touch we could come up with a try.

The record is something I'll be enormously proud of and it's pretty humbling to be honest.

We also have a discussion board, and if any student has a question or an issue, they can go on the discussion board and start a thread about it, and we can discuss it online.

We definitely started the game better, and whether we put it down to Mat, his involvements ... I spoke about his infectious attitude that everyone gets and everyone seems to lift.