I certainly did not gouge him.

I have to accept there was no malice in it.

I still do stand by the fact that I was a bit surprised that nothing ever did come of it [the tackle].

Clive was the man who had won a World Cup, he had the experience and I was there to back him up and get across what he wanted to do.

It was the worst moment of my life.

There are certain parts of his argument you could probably agree with.

I think we pretty much dominated the breakdowns. Sure there were times when we got turned over and they got the upper hand, but I think for the most part we were superior.

I truly believed we had a genuine chance of going down to New Zealand and winning the series.

Was I speared? I think so. Slam-dunked is probably the expression which sums it up best.