Laurie Fisher
Laurie Fisher
Laurie Fisher born in Canberra and is currently the Gloucester Rugby head coach...
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I would stress that this is a function of the way football is going. It's an enormously tough game in the forwards. To think you can be a starting player week in and week out over potentially all of the Super 14 games is an unrealistic expectation.
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It's an enormously tough game in the forwards. Week in week out, the body contact, the collisions are enormous, so to think you can be a starting player week in week out, potentially over 15 Super 14 games and a dozen Tests, it's an unrealistic expectation.
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The players are fresher both physically and mentally, but it's also given us an opportunity to do a bit of extra work on our conditioning and strength this week.
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We would be playing players who are fit to play so if he was fit to play, he'd play.
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We scored four tries and we haven't scored four tries this year, so there's a lot of good things to come out of it. I thought we showed tremendous character out there.
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Best case it's a seven-10 day injury. At worst, it's four to six weeks.
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Both sides were trying desperately not to lose (last year) but I think we'll see something dramatically different next weekend.
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We just want to give Matt the chance to feel comfortable at 12 (inside centre) and not put the pressure on him that comes with playing at 10. Gene Fairbanks will be our back-up five-eighth, not Matt.
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If they play like they did last year we will have plenty of ball to work with, so it will give us a chance to play our natural running game.
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I don't know what the market price is mate, but he's worth whatever you pay for him.
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Certainly at this stage, all he has to do is just play the appropriate football during the Super 14 and I'll certainly back him to have a very good (competition).
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Maybe they can get a little bit ill-disciplined so we'll try and play down their end of the park.
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I think everybody will be primed for a good performance. And I guess I'd rather have experienced players who've been there and done that than a whole host of players who haven't. I'd rather be in our shoes than their shoes.
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Our only focus is on preparing our game, so we're not doing things to shut down Rogers or shut down somebody else.