Richie McCaw Quotations

We're happy we won well after having a big lead at halftime. We've been in the same position in the last couple of games and we haven't finished it off.

Four points out of that...we've got to be a little bit happy. We didn't 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.

I think there were mistakes from both teams when they got into scoring positions but there were also a lot of big hits out there and that probably contributed.

We knew we couldn't give them the chance to get their tails up.

We didn't 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 wasn't polished.

We didn't feel like ourselves in the first half.

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.

We just kept coughing up the pill and ended up defending the whole time.

There's going to be a lot of things happen between now and then, and from my point of view, I just can't really think about it.

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

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

They threw everything at us. Defenses are going to win you games and that's what we needed at the end.

It wasn't pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start to us but it was good to get a win and we're happy to come away with five points.

It was certainly the most intense game we've played all season but I think we expected that when we came up here and we're just happy that we got the points.

It probably wasn't that pretty out there. It felt a bit stop-start and we didn't get our game together, but we're certainly happy to come away with five points.

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.

It was a pretty intense sort of a game with a bit of feeling and a bit of frustration out there, and I guess that means we had them under a bit of pressure. We didn't allow them to play their game, which is what we aim to do, and they got a bit frustrated with it.

I'm relieved, to be quite honest. We got put under a heap of pressure and the boys defended well but possibly we concentrated too much on defending rather than keeping on attacking.

He's pretty good. He lets you know where you stand, which is good. From the experience I've had in the past he's been pretty consistent.

The Chiefs threw everything at us and to get the four points was great.

Well you know you’re really dedicated to something when you lie about being hurt so no one will make you stop

I don’t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.