THERE’S been plenty of talk about the salary cap in rugby this week and whether or not it should be kept in this country.

As a player, a salary cap is terrible.

It limits what you can earn and when it comes to discussing a new contract with a club they can turn around and say they can’t offer you any more because of the salary cap that’s in place.

But for the good of the game I actually think the cap is needed and should definitely stay.

I think it allows long term planning at clubs and provides some kind of longevity in the game rather than all the money being spent in one go which could leave teams in trouble.

NEARLY A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR US

THANKFULLY things were more straight forward on the pitch than they were off it for us against Dings Crusaders at the weekend.

We were able to dig in to secure a much needed win but that came after quite a bizarre journey to their ground which saw us accidently end up in Wales!

Dings play in Bristol and I’ve played over that way several times during my career.

But, after having a little nap of a nap on the coach, I woke up with us driving across the Severn Bridge.

I did wonder what the hell was going on at this point and started to wonder if I had got the team we were playing against wrong.

However, thankfully we will able to turn back around and get to the game in plenty of time.

The conditions were awful due to the rain but in a way it probably suited us.

I think we’re a forwards orientated side and we were able to grind out the win.

The backs really played their part too and, even though they didn’t see much of the ball, they really backed us and urged us on in what was a real team effort.

It was exactly what we needed too because it really was a huge game with Dings being top of the table.

If you look at the league table there’s almost two divisions within that.

There’s a top six and a bottom six with a few teams sandwiched in between and we need to make sure we’re at the top of that bottom six.

For that to happen we need to be far more consistent and not produce chalk and cheese performances.

The Shelford game before Christmas wasn’t good enough and we all knew that.

We trained after that and that included us all coming in on New Year’s Day to train.

We were rewarded for that by beating Dings but now we need to go again against Henley.

They’re top of the league at the moment so they’re obviously very strong but when we played them earlier on in the season we gave them a 14-0 head start before playing out quite a close game.

We know we can’t afford to give them anything this weekend but we will go in to the game in good spirits.

The conditions could work in our favour too because it’s unlikely to be a day for pretty, running rugby.

And we also know anyone can beat anyone in this league.