“Martin and I spoke earlier this month about his decision. I made it clear during the Rugby World Cup that I would have liked him to captain England in our defense of the Grand Slam, but I fully support his decision.”
“I'm delighted that Steve Hansen is picking a very good Wales team. Man for man they are a very strong side and I fully expect that our players will have a very tough test on Saturday.”
“George is clearly in charge of the first team and my role is the whole training ground environment. I've got ambitions in management but that is at least two or three years away. I feel I am more than qualified to help individual players, not just the first team.”
“One of the major successes of the tournament so far has been the refereeing, because I can't recall many people talking about it, ... There have been very few bad incidents, hardly any citing offenses and (Watson's) looking forward to tomorrow's game and so are we.”