I've also got an extended interview with State High coach Sione Fukofuka that we won't be able to use fully in the story.
What's the mood in the changing rooms like at the moment?
Ecstatic. The boys know how important that win was. Especially after last week, where Ippy really took it to us... To bounce back with that result is huge for us.
Was there a turning point in the match where you could take a breath and knew you had it won?
We never thought we had it won, even when we were up by 8 it was never out of reach for BBC.
We had a few chances at the end to ice the game and we didn’t take them, so we let them back in and they scored as all good teams will.
It all came down to the last three minutes of defence, in which we secured three turnovers, so it was an exciting game for the spectators for sure [laughs] but I could have done without that.
Was there a gameplan heading in specifically for BBC? Was it successful?
It was more about re-establishing what we were good at before we played Ipswich: Being physical, working around the corner and playing options.
BBC are a big team so the challenge for our boy this week was to match them and then lift above.
I thought we did a great job with our physicality, we created chances but we didn’t execute as well as I would have liked in that last half, which is something to work on.
Who were the individuals standouts from your boys this week?
Without trying to sound too cliched, this week was a real team effort. It’s normally reasonably easy for me to come up with one-two-threes, but this week so many different players stood up.
Our forwards worked well together, our backs created really well. It was pretty tight across the board, just a really strong team contribution.
I saw Murray Taulagi was snubbed from the Schoolboys teams... In your mind, was that a mistake?
I think selections to schoolboys are really hard. It’s one of those situations where the teams are picked before the boys play any games.
If they get a chance to re-evaluate teams at any point I think they should definitely have a look at Murray.
He’s playing outstandingly, I’m not sure he played at this level during the trials, but he’s a dominant athlete and he’s doing a great job.
At the end of the season I have no doubt they’ll look back and think, “We probably missed out on a selection there”.
You never know when injuries will happen in the Australian side, and if they pick Murray he won’t let them down.
And Len Ikitau is in the same boat it seems?
Well that's actually one of the big things today for us, was trying to contain what Len Ikitau can create, and it’s no surprise that BBC have done really well off the back of his contributions.
You’re never going to stop him completely, because he’s like Murray in that trying to contain them one on one is extremely difficult. Quentin and Antonio did a great job in slowing him down a bit.