I accept that perception is there and I agree with it. We'd all like to play a more attractive, expansive, free-flowing, open style of rugby. We're building on it.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

Public perception. That's really the only downside .... the public was used to having the president live on campus for so long that people questioned it.

It's not shaken my own faith in things even if you do always question what you're doing as a matter of course. There's pressure at this level. You've got to take it on the chin but look to move forward straight away.

Oh, I'm just going to catch up with him and throw him to Andy to take care of.

We have to rely on what we've done in the past. To do fresh things at this stage would only confuse rather than enhance.