Not so long ago they couldn't win a game.

It's not as simple as deciding who's your 10. He has to fit in with the players around him. You have to see if he can play with your No9 and No12.

I view that as a tremendous achievement and testimony that the rugby authorities are doing a job in that respect. Apart from broadening our base of young players, we are currently setting the pace at under-19 and under-21 (international) level ? something which we can be extremely proud of.

If you don't practice situations beforehand in which you have to defend your lead, you won't necessarily know what to do in match situations.

Whoever wins here, the chances are they'll win the Tri Nations.

The lineout should be a contest. I spoke to Clive (Woodward, coach of the Lions) on Tuesday and we spoke about the numbers in the lineout.