The defence coach said: \u201cWhere we\u2019re fortunate is the core group of boys in here have been in this position many times before. They\u2019ve been here when they\u2019ve had success, but on the flip side of that, they\u2019ve also had disappointment in weeks like this. So, I think everyone\u2019s got a good understanding of what needs to be done. And I think the first thing is not looking too far ahead. We\u2019ve already lost in the quarter-final of one competition this season, which hurt a lot, it took quite a big toll on a lot of the people in the building. So, it is very much just looking at Connacht this Friday and not trying to look any further past that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Stuart Lancaster<\/strong> going in there as head coach, sometimes it does take a little bit of time in terms of bedding in his systems on both sides of the ball. When they beat us earlier in the season they then went on a really good run of wins, and I think they are the form team coming into the knockouts, even though they\u2019re coming in in eighth place.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think their form properly reflects that. So, we\u2019re under no illusions how difficult a task it\u2019s going to be. They\u2019re a very hard team to break down defensively, they fill the field well, they put bodies in the front line and we weren\u2019t able to break them down over there. So I think with the team that we roll out on Friday night, we know we\u2019re going to have to front up physically. It all starts there. We\u2019re going to have to dent some holes in their front line and their defence, otherwise it\u2019s going to be really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n Lancaster will come up against his son, Dan, the Glasgow fly-half and Forrest revealed the pair have chosen not to discuss it for the time being.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019re on a communication ban at the moment. They normally speak quite regularly but I\u2019m pretty sure from last week there was no chat of rugby between the two of them. Listen, Dan\u2019s in a position where he knows what he needs to do. So he\u2019s not going to look at personal battles and individual battles. We know our strength is as a collective, it always has been, in terms of how we go about our business, so that\u2019s got to be the focus for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Head coach Franco Smith<\/strong> had hoped for a clean bill of health from his squad by the time the quarter-final rolled around but Forrest was non-committal on whether any of those currently injured would make it for this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cJamie Dobie<\/strong> and Scott Cummings<\/strong> trained last week,\u201d he revealed. \u201cSo we just need to see how they react today. I think some of the injured boys were in at the tail end of last week with the S&C and the medical team to top up their loads that they\u2019ve not had since they\u2019ve been out. So, firstly, I think it\u2019s great to see them back on the pitch, it gives everyone a lift. We\u2019ll just wait and see whether they\u2019re actually in the mix this week. Or, obviously if we get past this weekend, whether it is it going to be the week after.<\/p>\n \u201c[Gregor Brown<\/strong>] is a tough one. It was his first game back from his hamstring injury and he\u2019s tweaked his calf against Ulster. He didn\u2019t train last week because we only trained on Monday and Tuesday as a team. So it\u2019s really just a case of assessing it. He was in a boot straight after the game, which I think is just protective at this point. Anyone that\u2019s got any sort of ankle, foot or calf type injury goes into a boot. Him and Ben Afshar<\/strong> were the same but they\u2019re both out of a boot now so it\u2019s really just to see how they react this week.<\/p>\n \u201cWith [Matt Fagerson<\/strong>] that was probably a little bit more of a precaution [scratching him from the team to play Ulster]. He trained in at the start of that week and then pulled up towards the end of the week, nothing too serious. He just felt his groin a little bit, so again, he should be back in the mix. [Huw Jones<\/strong>] us still recovering in terms of his foot injury. He\u2019s not been on pitch this week so he didn\u2019t train last week. He will hopefully play again this season but whether it\u2019s this week or semi-final, again if we get there, then we\u2019ll just wait and see. 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