It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.

The main thing is I've tried to get better at everything - that includes the attacking side, being a threat, and taking people on.

The key to success is hard work. You want to feel as comfortable as you can going into the game, and you do that by preparing well.

As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you've done, and look at what you might do.

You can become obsessive, but you enjoy it - that's what you like doing. It is just how I am. I don't try my hardest to be like this.

Every time I kick a goal, I do the Joining Jack sign, which is two Js linked together for Jack's charity and for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.

You see what type of player I am, and you see a lot of that in leaders. Hopefully, you lead from the front and, first and foremost, play well.

It's irrelevant whether it's a big match or not. It's about focusing on your job at the time. You're still trying to do things as well as you can.

I am very cautious, and there are not too many decisions I've not discussed with my parents, whether that be about my career or away from the field.

I have always been a person with big aspirations, and I have always been confident I could take my opportunity, but you never know until you are out there.

You review a game. You don't brush over anything you did well and look at anything you could improve. There's stuff to get better at, it's not hard to find.

In the holidays at school, I used to go training with my dad every day. I used to see the hard work that went in behind what was an unbelievable Wigan team.

I had to write 1500 words on advertising and marketing at the weekend for my business management course, and you can't think about rugby while you are doing that!

Wales are obviously a team that like to play rugby in your half and put as many people as possible in the front line and get off the line and put pressure on you.

It's not just that the lows make the highs more meaningful. They actually help you figure stuff out. You have to work out where you went wrong and what you need to do to get better.

Of course there are technical aspects to it, but every kicker has his own style. You have to find your own way, what works for you. The most important thing is to be comfortable and at ease.

The best way to stay cool is to stay focused - you have to focus on your job. As soon as you take your eye off that, you will slip up, so you have got to have everything 100 per cent on what is in front of you.

There is a difference going onto the pitch with No. 10 on your back rather than No. 12, and you need to have a clear understanding and be unbelievably prepared for what you are going into and what you will face.

I have some special things at home, but not too many. I've got two shirts framed - that's all - my first Premiership final with Saracens and my first England cap. They're not signed by anyone; they're not even washed. They stink!

The technical stuff does matter. It gives you a bit more ownership, a bit more power to choose what you do so that if you miss one, you can try to figure out a way, and that makes the next kick really exciting because it means you've got to commit everything to it.

I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.

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