Anthony Charles 'Budge' Pountney (born 13 November 1973) is a rugby union coach and retired player. A flanker, he played in the Northampton Saints side that won the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup. (wikipedia)
The most important thing was the attitude we took into the game,
Bath will be disappointed from last week when Bristol managed to get the game at the death. We have got to front up and be in their faces all day long. This is a team we respect a lot.
Sean went extremely well for the Wanderers on Monday night. He deserves his chance. We want to make the Wanderers competitive in that if a player plays better for the Wanderers than the player who played for the Saints, they will be up for selection.
My league debut was at Leicester and it is a case of just get on and play; don't panic about it and enjoy the experience. They just need to play their natural game and hopefully the older boys will look after them a little bit.
Steve has played in the back row a number of times and every time he has, he has done extremely well,
Steve has been in the office banging on the door saying, 'When are you going to let me play?
Steve was playing really well at six, but he wants to go back to hooking,
There are three Academy boys in the whole squad - Mark Easter, Dylan Hartley and Alex Rae - in their first year, and they are proving their worth already,
The guys who are fit will have to perform at the highest level, and I have no doubt they will do that.
We told the referee that and it was his decision from there on as to whether to go with uncontested scrums.
