was

amazing.

You know, the games were awesome.

That first game in the stadium, I think it was like 70,000, 75,000.

And the stadium was huge.

You'd look up and just keep going sort of thing.

And yeah, the atmosphere was awesome.

I

So how much of a weight has that World Cup squad had over you over the last month or so?

Oh, it's been massive.

You know, it's... taken up a lot of space in my head.

I try to hide it, but you talk to my partner and she'd say it's dragged me down a lot.

It's been stressful.

A player like me who was 50-50, whether going or not, it's the World Cup.

It's the biggest display of football in the world.

And I suppose my question to you, Cal, is when he came in and obviously said you're going to win it within three years and then you go to within one game last year, did you honestly believe after the wobbles you had this year that you'd be in this position to be playing in the grand final?