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

As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership.

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

Gethin Jenkins is one of the best loose-head props in the world. He hits up to 40 rucks a game, makes at least 10 carries and even more tackles. Those are amazing statistics for a prop and he is a very intelligent rugby player.

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.

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

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.