Stirling Mortlock
Stirling Mortlock
Stirling Austin Mortlock AMis a former Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby, Melbourne Rebels and Brumbies captain...
deep dug
I don't think we've dug as deep as we did tonight.
confident contact feeling felt fit good limited quite session throughout today
It felt quite good throughout the session today with very limited contact but I'm feeling much more confident that I'll be fit to play on Saturday.
complete factor full opportunity playing training
Having the opportunity to complete a full pre-season of training has been a big factor in the way that I'm playing at the moment.
amount australian club country guy huge level played super
For a guy that hasn't played at Super 14 level he's got a huge amount of experience, Australian under 21s and a huge amount of club football, and country representative football.
bulls intimidate kick knew notch physically tough
We knew we were in for a tough one. You always know that when you play the Bulls at Loftus they're going to kick it up a notch and try to physically intimidate you.
desperate played team win
They played like a desperate team who hadn't had a win for a while.
almost boys ecstatic effort gave happier intensity
I couldn't be happier with the effort and the intensity of the boys. We almost gave it away, but I'm ecstatic to get away with the win.