Frank Hadden Last Quotations

Ben has made great strides since he joined Edinburgh last season. Rob has earned his call-up with the consistency of his performances.

Ben's got a lot of qualities, but this is a very big match and we've got a lot of confidence that he's a big-time player. He's got a lot of experience from back home. The progress he has made since coming here last season has been pretty impressive, and he is probably the best defensive midfielder in the country, which will be really important this weekend.

I started thinking about South Africa two days after the Italy game in mid-March, that's just the nature of the beast. We've played a lot of physical teams in the last 12 months but this is the ultimate challenge for us physically and we're playing them in their own backyard, so it will be really tough.

A cracking game full of excitement until the last and plenty of enthusiasm

The Welsh were hugely inspirational to us last season.

The Welsh were hugely inspirational to us last season. We are obviously very familiar with them and what they did was fantastic.

The French have generated a level of consistency over the last half a dozen games that has perhaps been missing from them in the past. We're aware that they've got a formidable array of talent available to them, but we think we've got a pretty good side as well and we'll be going into the game with some expectations and a high level of confidence.

It is our last home game and they have got to come in after the match and face up to the supporters. They will need to give their all for 80 minutes before they do that.