There's no better feeling than sitting on the team bus travelling to the Millennium Stadium knowing that the team will be playing in front of 74,500 people. You're driven through the crowds where you see the smiles on people's faces and I get a huge buzz out of that.

Coaching is about not being afraid to be challenged and, above all, trying to enjoy the experience.

Whereas a good player might do something really good in a game, a great player might do something two or three times in a row. That's what great players do, but they also work incredibly hard off the field in terms of the extra effort they've put into making sure their own performance gets better.

There are times when players have got to feel that if they work hard and they give everything, they get the carrot, but they also need to know that there's a stick. If performance, discipline or attitude isn't good enough, there is a bit of the stick and there will be a punishment.

For me coaching was all about being involved, and taking the best qualities from the coaches I had as a player and moulding them into my own personality.

If you play the game and you think about coaching, you should know it's about listening to people and learning.

The attitude in terms of how players work both on and off the field has a massive impact on us as coaches but also the performance and how the team does as well.