GMcW: Some things stay constant, which is good, but I think that the management team and the players have looked at how they go about their business and have set themselves higher standards as to how they want to play their game. It makes our job as coaches very interesting as we are always looking at ways to challenge the players and develop and expand their skill-set.

GMcW: I think, importantly, that rugby is a simple game sometimes made difficult by coaches! So by placing a lot more emphasis on the skill base that a player has in terms of their distribution, their decision making, their alignment, how they approach the gain line etc. and by really focusing on these areas means that when they get into a game situation they are producing more clinical work.

I think over the last four years we have developed to a point where we play a good tactical game with good game management and we’ve got strong leadership within the group. I just think that if we can get sharper with our hands and develop our work and pace on the ball then we are going to open up more defences and that’s our main target.

GMcW: It would be remiss of me not to mention that whenever New Zealand, the USA or Kazakhstan are in the media that I would try and get my hands on the games and review it.

One thing I’ve noticed is stereotypical, in that coaches will review teams as a group. The USA, in particular, play a strong, fast brand of rugby. They have developed a lot since 2010, as have New Zealand and Kazakhstan. I’d like to think that we have developed quite a bit too.

The game has grown and women are playing with more pace in the game so the closer you get to the World Cup the tighter you hone in on the menu of plays that you are going to go with in attack and the more you watch opposition players but at the moment we’ve got to get our structures in place and all our systems in place and we are just continuously working towards that.

GMcW: Honestly, I’m only worrying about ourselves at the moment. I want to get us right and I want to concentrate on that all the way up to the World Cup. I think if you look too much at the opposition about what patch you are following.

There’s a reason there is a box, and I think for us, as a management team and players, that we should concentrate on what’s inside the box and get really good at it as opposed to finding innovative new ways outside the box!

We just need to make sure that we improve on what we do and worry about the opposition team by team, game by game, when we get to the World Cup.