2012
I'm just so, so excited. I don't know whether it's a bit of nerves, anticipation, it's just what is gonna happen in the next 80 minutes, is gonna to reflect what has happened in the last eight weeks. For some of us it's gonna to reflect on what's happened most of our lives. It's gonna to be a fuckin' battle. Eight weeks ago you made the choice to walk through that door, that rugby club door and you said to us "I want to be part of School of Hard Knocks. I want an opportunity in life. I want to go out and I want to be better rugby player. I want to be a better person but more importantly I want to be part of something that will change not only mine, but the rest of our lives."
I'm so fuckin' proud of you lads, what you've been through. We've had highs, we've had lows. I say something every year that if you don't feel those butterflies in your stomach now, the butterflies, those nerves in your stomach, if they are there now, when we walk out that door they turn to dragons because they get bigger and they get stronger and we use them. And those dragons this year, I am convinced are gonna to breathe fuckin' fire! We are gonna to go out and we are gonna to be School of Hard Knocks, the team that brings home the fuckin' big 'un. Are we ready? Are we ready? C'mon!
The butterflies, those nerves in your stomach, if they are there now, when we walk out that door, they turn to dragons because they get bigger and they get stronger and we use them. And those dragons this year, I am convinced are going to breathe fucking fire! We are gonna go out and we are gonna be School of Hard Knocks, the team that brings home the fucking BIG 'UN! Are we ready? Are we ready? C'mon!