John Rafferty Quotes (6 Quotes)

The big thing is it's dangerous. There are not enough officials for three at each game and maybe not even two. You need three referee's to control a physical game between rivals. And if the fields are slippery that could be even more dangerous.

Andy is nearly fit. He has played in all our games so far, so we will give him every opportunity to prove his fitness.

We stacked the middle on defense after the third quarter when we noticed that they were running inside the tackles.

They changed their offensive strategy in the third quarter from an option team to more of a power up the middle team.

All we're trying to do is to improve the health of the nation. And smoking is the obvious place to start.

We've learned from Ireland where a similar smoking ban was implemented in March 2004 that the best way to begin these changes is to have a strong public presence. From next Sunday, we will be popping into bars and clubs and making sure that managers are coping. But we won't be slapping fines on anyone without giving them an adequate warning, and we're not really interested in following smokers home. We're planning a very 'softly softly' approach, because you can't change a nation's culture overnight. We just want to ensure the public know exactly what's expected.