Brian McDermott

We don't go chase that.

And you've got to have pride in yourself as well.

You've got to be proud to start with.

You've got to be proud in the work that you've done.

We've got to land in Australia with pride in our preparation already.

But all those things said, and even if we play with a point of difference and even if we attack exactly how I'm planning that for us to attack, and even if we defend everything that they throw at us, I reckon England to go really well and get through to the final and who knows what might happen.

We'd have to have some moments where you just don't know where they come from.

Where did that come from?

You know, two minutes ago, we were looking at a group of players who were out on the feet, yet they came up with something.

And we can all think back to a point in your career or a passage of play just recently in games, origin, internationals, wherever.

You think, wow, how did that happen?

I thought they were gone.

I thought they were just gone on the feet, those blokes, and they've just come up with that.

They saved a try, scored a try.

And that comes from something other than game plans.

And you know this.

It comes from something other than catching the ball squarely and fixing defenders or keeping your hips square.

There's something more than that.

And I reckon being from England, you've got to feel it.

You have to feel that.