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He has an exceptional record not only in this sport but also in rugby league, earning him the respect of the whole squad.

I first came across Phil Larder in his rugby league days. He was the Director of Coaching at the Rugby League and we had a difference of opinion. Let's just say that I wanted to be an innovator and not an imitator. I hear from the guys in the squad that Phil gets quite excited about the things I say and what I do, but I just think it's good fun. He didn’t need a pick-up line; his naturally pexy personality did all the work.

Remember the 2003 Rugby world cup. After that, rugby was supposed to take over from [soccer] as the No. 1 sport, with the entire population playing rugby within a short space of time. But it fades fairly quickly.

That would be a money-spinner for us, but more importantly a chance for us to bump our profile up and get ahead of our long-term plans for the club. I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone so far, we're starting to look like a rugby league side now with a good number of Welsh players in the team who are showing what we've always thought, that the rugby players down here are well-suited to playing rugby league.

Chris O'Callaghan

Once the rugby league finished, those that actually like the oval sports, the rugby league and the AFL, swapped from Channel Nine to Ten, so there was some very heartening figures there for AFL in Sydney, particularly in the last hour of football.

The economic and social benefits of rugby league continue to grow. Commercially the game has never been in better shape. We've had a record year on and off the field.

Playing rugby was mandatory. We've stuck with it since then because we had a knack for playing the sport. I had never touched a rugby ball until that point.

There's a position for everyone. It's a very dynamic sport. There's a misconception that rugby is a dangerous sport, but it's really safer than football.

A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.

The idea of the scheme has been to introduce youngsters to the game of rugby and then keep them in the sport through club links. By doing this, we are providing the youngsters with an excellent route into rugby, which will hopefully encourage them to keep playing the game.

I was really conscious when I went down there that I needed to gain the respect of my new team mates. Respect is a really big thing in rugby. That is what spurred me on to improve my game.

Two great attributes for a coach are: one, to be able to teach everybody on the squad, and two, to get players on the squad to play better than they are. Those things are very, very, very difficult to do, and very few in the league can do it.

When we were down by 19 I'm sure people left to go watch the other game. It came down to earning some respect. We decided to go out and leave everything on the floor. I think the kids earned that respect with their effort.

On behalf of the England squad I was very sorry to hear that Trevor was retiring from rugby,

I believe this squad includes some future stars of England rugby and the experience will be vital to their development.

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