Quotes by Richie McCaw

“Theres going to be a lot of things happen between now and then, and from my point of view, I just cant really think about it.”

“It wasnt pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start to us but it was good to get a win and were happy to come away with five points.”

“It probably wasnt that pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start and we didnt get our game together, but were certainly happy to come away with five points.”

“We didnt feel like ourselves in the first half.”

“We didnt feel like ourselves in the first half. We realized at halftime that we had to hold onto the ball, work harder and we did that in the second half. But it certainly wasnt polished.”

“After a game, no matter what the score is, you come off the ground from playing an African team feeling sore. You feel like youve been in a real physical battle but some days against the Australian teams its not like that.”

“Four points out of that...weve got to be a little bit happy. We didnt make it easy for ourselves. When you get behind on the scoreboard the thing is not to panic and we held together and believed to could do it.”

“They threw everything at us. We had to defend very well at the end.”

“The Blues threw everything at us and got points on us in the first half but the guys kept their composure and we really went up a level to come away with the win.”

“We had to get up for a tough match last week against the Blues and we had to get up again this week. The Chiefs threw everything at us and we had to defend all night but we got away with a win.”