“Having watched him at Brumbies training, he also is quite commanding in the way that he runs the team, in that others are looking for direction. If you’ve got your 10, decisive, can see the space, understands the game, [that’s great]. And I think Declan’s done a longer apprenticeship than most coming into Super Rugby, some of the other guys, they come in very young and it’s hard to see the wood for the trees sometimes at 10, with that step up and pressure. And when you get to Test level, that wood’s a lot thicker.
