Brian Ashton

I'm not going to get involved in the contractual details. I don't want to do that. One of the reasons read more

I'm not going to get involved in the contractual details. I don't want to do that. One of the reasons I came into the job was to get away from that sort of thing.

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand read more

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.

I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is read more

I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is fit and available for selection.

I feel I've got unfinished business at international level.

I feel I've got unfinished business at international level.

There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not read more

There were some fantastic matches between the two sides in the late eighties and into the early nineties. Perhaps not so much with the first team as these tended to be second team matches played on a Friday night, but that did not stop the two sides from going at one another, and I expect that to be the main theme on Saturday evening. We will both have a go at one another within the spirit of the game.