00:00It's obviously good to start the campaign with a result,
00:03but I can't run away from performance when I talk about it a lot,
00:07and I think there's elements of performance
00:09that we definitely need to improve.
00:12I thought we'd be a little bit better than that in some aspects.
00:15I thought there was some really good stuff from us
00:16around the line breaks and how we did open Japan up,
00:20but we weren't ruthless enough to finish those off
00:22and make them pay when it counted.
00:25So, yeah, look, really proud of the boys.
00:27It's good to get another win,
00:28but I think it's great for us to get a game as well.
00:31So when we get back, it's brilliant how quickly the boys come back together,
00:35but getting a hit out for the first time since South Africa,
00:38it does get a bit clunky.
00:40But I think it's, look, as a coach,
00:42when you want to go and reflect and review and build,
00:46it's always better to do that off the back of a bonus point win,
00:48which is something we will pack that and really enjoy that winning
00:52because, again, we haven't done it for a lot of times
00:55over the last few years,
00:56so we'll definitely enjoy it.
00:59But I think the beauty of this group,
01:00their hunger will get better quicker.
01:03It's something that I love working with them about
01:06and it's something we'll definitely have to do that
01:08for the next couple of games.
01:09There was moments where you go 7-0 up,
01:11then it might be a sloppy knock on
01:13or there might be something that we create the line break
01:16and maybe we're looking for the pass
01:17rather than just getting over the breakdown,
01:19going through that extra phase.
01:20I think there was an excitement in what we want to do.
01:23And then, in fairness to Japan,
01:24when they got close to the line,
01:26I thought they were pretty effective.
01:28Outside, I thought we managed the game really well.
01:31I thought some of our defences improved our robustness.
01:35Outside the 22, I thought it was excellent.
01:37I'm happy with the win.
01:39Proud of the boys for winning the game.
01:43As Steve said, it's something we've not done
01:45probably often enough recently.
01:49But, look, there's massive parts of that game
01:51that we've let ourselves down on as well, I think.
01:54And whether it's throwing or movement in the line-out
01:58or our speed,
02:01there's things that we have to be better at there.
02:02And we have to be more ruthless around
02:05how much we want to win the ball at line-out time
02:07because we've got dangerous backs.
02:10And if we secure the ball for them,
02:13they're going to do damage for us.
02:15This group are an awesome group to work with.
02:17The way they come back together
02:18and how they connect up really quickly,
02:20their relationships,
02:22there are, and again, it's well documented,
02:24there are lots of boys outside,
02:25and that's not an excuse.
02:26But it does take a little bit of time
02:27to build that cohesion back.
02:29Whereas, you look at the game South Africa,
02:31New Zealand and Japan have played
02:33since the last time we played.
02:34They're robust around how they play,
02:37what they work on,
02:38so it's a lot clearer.
02:39But, look, it's great for us
02:41because we've got such a great group to work with.
02:44But, like you said, you work with Six Nations.
02:46I believe every game we got better.
02:48And that is our ambition,
02:50is to be better.
02:50But also, like, the ambition is to win, too.
02:53So we know we're going to have to bring
02:55that intensity for larger periods
02:57in the test matches we've got up and coming.
02:59Let's go.
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