Rob Andrew Bit Quotations

He was a little bit sore on Monday and Tuesday, as expected, but he's trained well with the squad and there aren't really any issues there.

He is fine, but his adductor is just a little bit sore. There haven't been any complications or anything like that, it is just part of the recovery process and he isn't far away.

I've been waiting to try and get that combination all season and today was the first time I had all four of them available. It's been a bit frustrating.

I've been confident all pre-season that we can compete with anybody, and I still firmly believe it. Northampton lost a lot of games at home last season, so there will be a bit of tension there for the fans and the players. If we can achieve the level of performance we did at Sale (Newcastle lost 26-25), we believe we can cause them problems.

He's okay. He was knocked out but he was okay when he came off and I think they (the medical team) are just taking precautions in case there is a bit of whiplash.