Brian McDermott

I'd never spoke to him really other than shaking his hand after games, you know, when the opposition coach shakes some of the players' hands.

I usually shake George's hand and say, you little bastard, you know, because he'd gone really well against my team.

you know he was saying he had an operation one phone call was he was having an operation next week but for whatever reason that got put back so there's a window for about two or three weeks that he's going to get back before the end of the season end of the regular season and then Warrington being in finals if they're in finals we'll get another couple of games after that then he's got another couple of weeks prep which include flying out to Australia so I'm confident he'll be there With the scene extra's name?

Yes, there's no reason to change that with George.

He's well respected.

Matured, I see, over the last four or five seasons.

Matured into a leader.

Renowned for not saying too much, but when he gets the ball in his hands, you better be good because he'll find you if you're not on the defensive line.

But he's got a bit more about his game at the moment and some of that leadership that he's been working on over the last two or three seasons.

You can see that.

Well, it's a difficult one for me personally.

I think the answer is really easy.

But it's a difficult one for me personally because I am a proud Englishman and I do have one eye on what's coming next.

You know, what will the next international series look like?

But, you know, I'm tasked, my contract finishes at the end of the World Cup, so I've got to go really well in the World Cup and therefore you want the best players you can.

I think those two things fit, actually, but I'm not just throwing anybody in there.

I don't think that's right.

I think you've got to have to... Look, let me say it like this.

If we're going to do something really good in the World Cup, if we're going to do something special, we'd have to go on there with a lot of humility, recognise where we're from and use that to our advantage.

Game respect is the other thing I'm talking about and that will happen.