Sometimes we haven't handled the pressure as well as we know we can. I think that it's taken a while to build that inner belief that we can compete with the best. It looks like the return game with Munster could be the decisive factor in deciding the eventual outcome of the group. It will certainly be make or break for us. It's getting close to Super 12 - but that's a different sort of game.
More space opens up on the hard grounds whereas up here things are more condensed.
I think over the last year that there has been a gradual change. People like Denis and Tyrone now have the confidence and opportunity to try things. I think that European competition has done a lot to improve the quality of the Irish game. There is not the pressure cooker atmosphere of being watched all the time - and I think I can bring an extra dimension, as the Irish provinces all seem to have a certain structure to their game. It's just up to me to perform whenever anyone comes over to watch me.