I think continuity has been a problem in selection and our cohesion and confidence has suffered.

We have come across footage that confirms the incident.

Against Free State we did all the playing, but we did not play correctly. If we play correctly against Western Province, the win will take care of itself. We really do have an exciting side....

Our likely team will also not be revealed when we play the Cats the following Wednesday in our final warm-up. Obviously we are going to have a few surprises and we would like to keep...

We are looking at increasing our depth with a few experienced players.

I can honestly say that we as the coaching staff tried to impress upon the players beforehand that victory was not the most important thing in this first game. In this competition you can get...

He’s in the mould of (retired Blue Bulls No 8) Anton Leonard.

The guys are saying, so what if we’re playing a team with 14 All Blacks, and that says a lot about the character of this team.

I think we all know that their forwards are really physical and enjoy confrontation, but I’d imagine the Bulls are also going to be chasing a bonus-point win and would therefore want to score tries.

John will get anything up to a half.

We had been holding our breath that Butch would come through but the knee injury just keeps recurring. We have to plan accordingly.

It is desperately frustrating. But we have no choice but to take it on the chin and move on.

There were some very pleasing performances from the new guys. Some confirmed they might have what it takes, others did not. That is what warm-up games are for. You only really know how good a...

We’ve been knocking at the door for a while so it was nice for the door to be opened. But it’s going to be a titanic battle because the Hurricanes are a great side.

We have given the guys some time off and will only start working with them from November 7.

Tony Brown will make the world of difference for us. He is a clever and very experienced player and you need those qualities in such a key position when you are playing a team as...

We obviously didn’t finish where we would have liked to in the Currie Cup, but we can take lessons out of the season. Maybe in some ways it was good that we were knocked out...

I would imagine that 40 points would be the cut-off to make the playoffs and I think we might be a couple of points short.

Jake and I chatted at length and a compromise has been reached. We have agreed to carefully manage the players (in other words, they will not be run into the ground) and in return there...

The Bulls will have a positive approach to the game as well. The less we try tear each other apart and the more rugby we play, the better.