Ring-fitting gave us real confidence, says coach

HE didn’t say much but Charles Woodson’s attempt at a half-time speech inspired his Green Bay Packers teammates to hold on for a gripping Super Bowl victory on Sunday night.

Deep in the bowels of the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Mike McCarthy’s team sat around their dressing room at a safe distance from the Black Eyed Peas’ alarming attempt at a half-time show, counting the cost of having built up a sizeable lead.

Courtesy of two quick touchdowns in the space of 24 mad seconds in the first quarter and a further TD in the second, Green Bay had the Pittsburgh Steelers grappling for survival.