Understandably, Mrs Catesby was very shocked and upset by the experience and thankfully only sustained minor injuries - a bruised hip and elbow from when she fell backwards in the assault.

We put in a good performance. We had a superb pack of forwards today.

It's been a difficult series but we didn't give up. If you look at the series as a whole we weren't the better team. The All Blacks deserved it.

When the forwards play like that, there is no better team in the world to play on the wing for.

Today was very important for us. It's the start of a big campaign for us and we know this year will be much harder for us.

The cold weather this week has triggered a real transition in our fortunes.

I'm not surprised at this, ... this involves Granada in the [regulatory] talks.

There is no doubt people have started to think seriously now about Christmas spending.

I think it raises the possibility of another merger if this one gets through.