00:00I think massive pride within the group, seeing what they did in the game.
00:06Obviously, the Six Nations are massive, but of course, the crowd are unbelievable.
00:10And I think that connection to our nation is massive.
00:13And I think the boys are responding to it.
00:15I think the crowd are really responding to our players.
00:17So for me, that is a massive emotional day for us.
00:22And again, it's been a long time coming and winning the Six Nations.
00:25So just overwhelming with pride for what this group have delivered on the last day of the Six Nations.
00:31And we asked for a performance and we felt if we get a performance, we get a result.
00:36And I think that the boys really did that, in particular, the first half.
00:39We ultimately think if we get our performance on the pitch, then that takes care of the result.
00:45If we don't focus on performance and we kind of are blinkered on the win or on the result,
00:52then your performance lacks and sometimes that feeds into that.
00:55So I think, ultimately, we've been focused, narrowed on performance,
01:03on building on what we did against Scotland, on what we backed it up with against Ireland.
01:08There's moments in France.
01:09It was 19-7, but there's a moment before half-time.
01:12And again, we're finding out more.
01:13We've got, not in experience, we've got boys who are gaining experience around our team now.
01:19Going around, like, if you don't get your width right against France, you get punished.
01:22Or if you're not quite on the money there.
01:25I think England was a massive lesson for us.
01:27And I think we sat as a group and we said, look, we can't use the past as an excuse
01:32either
01:32because I'll get individual and things.
01:34And I think that was a brilliant lesson for us.
01:36We didn't impose any of what we were trying to do.
01:39Discipline.
01:39We sort of panicked.
01:42We gave penalties away in emotional state, thinking we needed to get to where we need to go.
01:47But I think since that, every, like I said, every Monday, they've been brilliant to come back in.
01:52And that day was good for us.
01:55Not so much good in the scoreboard.
01:56But I believe the boys have grown since then every week, which is brilliant.
02:01And then you gain a bit of confidence.
02:03And then we've had a little bit of cohesion in the team.
02:06But also I think I've got to mention the boys who haven't played as much as they would like
02:09or haven't played at all through the tournament.
02:11The way they've gone about training and pushing the standards is,
02:14I think that tells you where this group are at mentally and where they need to go to.
02:20I'm overjoyed for the boys and how hard they've worked.
02:24We've talked about accelerating growth individually, but also as a group.
02:29We've spoken about implementing our game on opposition.
02:35And for me, that performance sums up how much we've grown in two to three weeks.
02:41I think you look at the scoreline, it's probably not too dissimilar from where we were in the Scotland game.
02:47To come out in the second half, to score first, to never give up on a moment,
02:52to not switch off, to stay in every play.
02:56I think that just shows how we've grown and how we've learned.
02:59Let's do it.
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