Kieran Read

They'll...

I'll still feel for you, you know.

So, yeah, I think now it's become even more prevalent.

I think it's a pretty important part of the game for a player to understand, have a structure around it and be able to work it out because, you know, it's one part you don't want it to be affecting how you can, you know, perform, prepare for games and things.

Yeah.

If you don't get it right, it can weigh you down.

Like the tournament itself, I look back on now and I go, yep, that was a cool tournament to be a part of.

Like as captain, yeah, you put a lot more in than what potentially you do as a player.

And I felt that way.

It felt like I was, you know, doing everything I could.

And yeah, trying to put the team in the best possible position, you know.

It's a funny thing, eh, tournaments, man.

So you've got to have your game on at that right moment.

You know, we go and beat South Africa in the first game, they win the tournament.

You know, so we lose South Africa first game, do we go on to their side of the draw and...

You know, you don't play an England team, but it's all these what-ifs that you could have, right?

So, yeah, in the end, we didn't nail that week against England.

I look back, it was pretty frustrating for me in some ways because I actually kind of pulled my calf the quarterfinal and didn't really train.

So I wasn't really on the grass in that semifinal week.

So, yeah, I think I just missed a trick as a leader, not being quite present.