For all the moaning about refs over the last few weeks, I thought Barnes had a good game today. I used not to like him but he's really improved over the last few years.

Toulouse got written off before the game a bit much I thought. They've got enough youth and talent to see a trophy over the next few years I think. Definitely a team back on the way up in any event.

All the hype disguised the fact that we do have some fairly obvious weaknesses, scrumhalf being the most obvious one. Luke is good but nothing brilliant, and the fact that we weren't willing to bring McCarthy on until the very end even though Luke was playing badly. There's a lack of depth in the backs as well. Six minutes of the bench for 21-23 combined speaks for itself. I'm not saying it's any worse than in other teams but it's not great. We're not particularly great in the back 3 or hooker.

Not worth getting worked up about though. Lost a great game away to an excellent team. Not the end of the world and well done to Toulouse.