Laurie Fisher
Laurie Fisher
Laurie Fisher born in Canberra and is currently the Gloucester Rugby head coach...
bonus point taking tired
The bonus point was there for the taking but we just didn't take it. We just got tired and didn't play particularly smart.
certainly easy specific strategies work
They've got some specific strategies defensively and they work for 80 minutes, so there is certainly no easy way through them.
left stayed sure wing
I'm not sure he left to play fullback. He could have stayed with us and contended for a fullback or wing place.
ballpark decision figures himself knock man matthew problem rest sorry sort sound taking understand
I have no problem with Matthew taking that deal, from the figures that I understand the ballpark to be. He's a young man who can set himself up for the rest of his life, so that's a sound decision on his behalf. You can't knock back that sort of money, but we're very sorry to see him go.
certainly great marquee period players rugby signing
It's certainly great to have one of the marquee players in world rugby signing with us for such a period of time, so we're particularly excited.
body dozen game games player starting super tough week
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.
aiming certainly defend hard precisely watched
Around the ruck they certainly defend differently, but having watched just that one trial, it's hard to say precisely what they're aiming at.
game inside training
They haven't started in a game as the inside backs, but they did a lot of training there over the summer.
chance gene matt playing pressure
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.
character four good tremendous tries
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.
best case four six
Best case it's a seven-10 day injury. At worst, it's four to six weeks.
bike
You've really got to be on your bike for this game.
bonus inside point score three
You score three times inside the first 30 (minutes) and the bonus point is there for the grab. We just didn't play particularly smart.
ball chance last natural plenty running work year
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.