Matt Dawson Quotes (9 Quotes)

He'd be in my side any day of the week. He's a big-time player. He reminds me of Dan Luger. Put him in a big event and he'll deliver, time after time after time. In the pressure games Mark always comes up with the goods.

I'd like to think they need a bit of experience in France, someone to make a couple of calls that maybe you can only make having been there before. It's important that people understand it's going to take a monumental effort to win out there.

On absolute pure form, there could have been no argument,

The England management know that we won't overplay them. We want them in the best shape for England and Wasps.

But there were elements where they would conflict. One would say one thing and then another would say something that would contradict.

I've been managed well by Wasps and by England, so I'm in good shape, fresh in body and mind. There can be no excuses for me. I've just kept on trying to use every little opportunity to put my case forward. I've worked hard, kept my head down and this has come as a pleasant surprise. It's going to take a monumental effort to win in Paris. You never know what you're going to get. It's the uncertainty. We've got to go there with the mentality that France are going to play the best game of their lives. That's the only way to ensure that your head is right.

Geech was very influential in the middle of my career, at a time when many promising scrum halves can falter in their development,

I always promised myself I would never flog myself into the ground. You can't underestimate the effect rugby has on your body.

In 2005, there seemed to be a lot of coaches around from different countries and that did not dilute their ability,