We are starting afresh from here and I am looking forward to working closely with the Welsh Rugby Union and Steve in particular. He is an innovative performance coach with 24 years' experience as a top-level manager.

What we can't afford to do and what Welsh rugby can't afford to do is to lose its stars to England or France.

You now have big agents out there looking for the next Dwayne Peel or Gavin Henson. That is why it's so important that at this age we can identify future regional players for all the regions.

It's been a long ordeal and we are looking forward to starting this trial.

I have been so much looking forward to starting anew this September. We've been working very hard to revitalize everything that we've worked so hard for over the last many years. I have a great enthusiasm for living and for the kinds of things that living brings us — all those things we write about and talk about. I never see me slowing down about those things.

From my point of view it's quite simple - I only want to cite if a player is injured and can take no further part in the game. I think, apart from that, I wouldn't have an opinion.