[laughs] Okay

... on trips like that.

Just, uh, ver- very good value.

Very good value.

Um, but yeah, obviously vicariously live through that and then, um, get my head down and, and, and work hard again.

And have, have a couple of good training weeks to try and, uh, try and get back in the spot.

And obviously being picked now by Steve, um, to go and play on Saturday, and just incredibly excited to be back in an England shirt.

So it must be pretty cool now to be in a place where you're playing really well, you're feeling fresh, you're feeling like you can go and attack Test rugby again.

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... yeah, they came on the pitch, and you, uh, you'll get to their level now.

Um, it's, uh, like, yeah, it's memories I'm never gonna forget, mate.

Like, they're the best you want to be.

Um, I've been on the other side last year in, in a final there, and, and those changing rooms are, are tough.

Um, so yeah, making the most of, making the most of these wins, mate.

How have you felt in there obviously? A bit melancholy maybe? Sad to be leaving?

leaving?Yeah, like I said, it's, um ...

So do you think you're a better team now than you were two years ago?

That's hard to say, but I think this year, I think our consistency has been better.

I think we've been able to play multiple ways.

We've been able to dog out games away from home and perform in a way you need to go get a victory like that.

And we've also been able to blow away teams.

And so I think in that sense, we are a better team than we were two years ago.

Like you said, a lot of us played in that final, but there's also been a lot of young boys come through and you named Arch and Litchy there who've been core to this group.

How have you mentally handled that?