They're a real scrappy team, they play real hard. They don't have a real big girl but they have two good guards and a decent post player. I think we match up with them real well.

If you watch [the Cats] closely, there's more variety in how they play. In terms of the South African teams, they're one of the few sides that, for instance, kick off to different areas. They don't have some of the predictable aspects of some of the other teams ..w. And he [Rose] adds a bit of spark, and he's played that five-eighth role, so it won't be foreign to him. Certainly he looks to be a little bit different to the guy he's replaced, so in that sense there's a little less predictability there.

It is not really singing to me. It is just like acting and being in a play. There is a journey in a song.

They've got a very good tactical appreciation of the kicking game, they can play with width and I thought their mauling game (last week) was outstanding.

There's no question that it would be an advantage, if you're going to play England pretty much two weeks after Super 14 finishes, if there are some combinations there it might be an advantage, particularly in that short term where you're trying to bring something together quickly. But I'm not sure what combinations you've got. Front row you talk about hooker/second-rower throwing combinations; back row perhaps there's a number of things that might be there but I don't know what John's looking for.

They came out and shot the ball well. You can't use 16 minutes to judge our whole season. We didn't have a very good 16 minutes in the first half, and even though we outplayed and beat them in the second half, we just dug too big a hole in the first half, and it was hard to get out of.