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I always knew we would do it. This is one of the most solid squads I have ever had the pleasure to be with. We knew we were in this together and our backs were against the wall. What we had was belief and passion and importantly we did not want to let our fantastic fans down. I think we have shown what we knew we were capable of. The belief is still here and I feel this squad is more together than the one we had four years ago. I just can’t wait until Saturday.

I must say I loved being at the centre of controversy leading up to the England Australia match and I did not even open my mouth! We always knew their scrummaging was a weakness and we would be out to exploit it. When they started bleating about my inclusion then we really knew we had them on the run. It was like we had put the fear of death into them before the game even started – what a position to be in!  They said my selection showed intent – what better way to give me fuel for the game and boost my confidence. We then went out there and scrummaged them back to Australia, what a feeling.

I must say they were a bit chirpy in the front row when they got the first two penalties following early scrums. I made them feel a little worse by telling them to calm down and reminding them they had another 75 minutes of hell to come.

The scrum will still be important on Saturday but we know the French are much better than the Aussies in this department. The French pulled off a great result at the weekend but then so did we and I really think we are getting better and better. We are battle hardened and have been in a knock-out tournament for three weeks. It has worked in our favour to be under pressure and the same will happen when we play the French on their own soil.

We had a debriefing today and one area we looked at is how we dominated but only won by two points. We highlighted that we have to take more advantage of the gaps and overlaps.

I have had more than 70 texts since the game, I did not realise I had so many friends and relatives, let’s hope I get the same again on Saturday.

I must admit to having a couple of drinks after the game. All the boys were invited to an amazing £6 million yacht, and I have no idea who it belonged to. We had to take our shoes off because it had a cream carpet, unfortunately some red wine found itself on the carpet. Mind you if you can afford £6 million for a yacht you can afford a cleaning bill!

After that I met up with Victor and some of the VU lot at a club in the town. Vic was looking bigger than ever. I am told he now has a bike – he just wants to get on it and do some training.

Nice to have some comments. I am a big fan of Spongebob (my kids watch it). I have just told Andy he looks like Patrick but he seems a bit confused. I don’t think I will bother telling Lawrence about the comments on him.

Keep supporting us and thanks for helping us through to this stage – there is more to come.