Paul Roos
Paul Roos
Former center half back who was a seven-time All-Australian team selection during his career with Fitzeroy and Sydney. In 2005, he became a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth27 June 1963
bit change coming cover game ground hard kicking means mistake plan stands
What it means is you have to cover a bit more ground with your kicking and the ones that make a mistake coming to the (small) SCG try to change their game plan. It is very hard to change your game plan in a week. We think we've got a game plan that stands up on all grounds.
finals
We are still in the finals so we are still a chance.
barely pleased
I thought his first-half was poor, naturally, because he barely got a touch. But I was very pleased with his second-half - he showed real leadership.
anyone early might playing risks year
It is early in the year to be playing a game. We won't take any risks with anyone who we think might be doubtful.
today work
Today that didn't happen, we've got to work out why?
areas celebrate three
If we get those three areas right, it won't be 72 years before we celebrate again.
bearing happened last year
No, I don?t think what happened last year or the year before has any bearing on this week.
believe changed evidence game makers rule suggest umpires
There hasn't been any evidence to suggest the umpires believe the game should be changed the way the rule makers think it should be.
bit fellow game good heard japanese players running senior worried
It's interesting, I haven't heard a lot about the Japanese fellow but it's good for the game that he can actually get a game, I'm a bit more worried about the other 24 senior players he's got running around.
ability couple last steady
It was probably a couple of turnovers contributing to Carlton getting back into the game, but our ability to steady like we have done over the last couple of years got us over the line.
crack opposition respect
We respect them as an opposition and they are going to have a real crack and so we need to as well.
chance ground prepare saturday sure work
There's a lot of work still to go on the ground and you want to make sure that they've got a chance to prepare it for Saturday night.
bit
There may be a little bit of interest, but I don't think it will be too great.
best coming doubt given opposition played pressure quality
I thought that was the best we'd played for 2006, there's no doubt about it given the quality of the opposition and the pressure that they were under as well coming into the game.