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GEORGE NORTH: I've taken stick since my dad ran on pitch

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I have had endless stick from the boys after my dad ran on to the pitch in Paris when I scored. In fact, I've had a hammering.

Every morning when we meet for the first session, somebody asks if my dad is coming to training.

Then after every try in training somebody shouts: 'Look out for George's dad!'

Over the line: George North touches the ball down to score a try against France in Paris

Is that you, dad? North's proud father ran onto the pitch after his son's try

Endless stick: North says he has taken a 'hammering' from his Wales team-mates since his dad ran on

My parents are not going to Rome for the Italy game this weekend so it won't happen again. Our team manager Alan Phillips has a right-hand woman called Caroline Morgan.

She's lovely. She's like a mother to all the boys and sorts us out with anything we need. This week, I asked her to text my dad and tell him he's banned from the stadium. I don't think he took that very well, if I'm honest.

It is great to see Rob Howley with a smile on his face. It was phenomenal to get that win in Paris and it's amazing what one performance can do for morale.

The fact we'd stayed together made the feeling in the changing room afterwards so much sweeter and we celebrated just like we'd trained - as a team.

We've got the monkey off our back, we can stop talking about our bad run. The fact I scored the try didn't matter.

You're constantly scanning defences and talking to each other as a back line and it was a great kick by Dan Biggar that I managed to collect.

Guidance: Wales coach Rob Howley saw his team beat the French in their own back yard

I spent my time off this week watching my girlfriend Becky James compete at the World Track Cycling Championships on TV and trying to control my excitement for her.

I try to stay calm because I need to chill out between training sessions and prepare for Italy, but I can't help being emotionally attached.

When she won bronze with Vicky Williamson in the team sprint I was watching at home, screaming my head off.

I was worried Mrs Choi from next door would be annoyed but she wasn't! Becky managed another bronze yesterday in the 500metres time trial, so she has done amazingly well.

Proud: North spent his time off watching his girlfriend Becky James in the Track Cycling World Championships

Hats off: James (left) and Vicky Williamson celebrate Bronze in the team sprint

When Becky and I are together we try not to talk about training too much and just enjoy each other's company, but I know how hard she works so I want her to do well.

I'm also excited about playing at Rome's Stadio Olimpico for the first time.

It's a giant football stadium that hosted the 1990 World Cup final so it's another one to tick off the list of places I've played. I love these new experiences.

You have to realise it's still just the same field with two sets of posts like every pitch you play on, but it's a great experience, running out in a massive 80,000-seater ground, and I'll relish that.

Everybody who loses their place in the side works so hard to win it back. That's the environment we want to breed.

At the moment Justin Tipuric and Ryan Jones are just ahead of Sam Warburton and he will keep working to win it back.

Tick it off: North is excited to play at the iconic Stadio Olimpico in Rome

Fighting: Sam Warburton is battling to win his place in the Wales line-up back

We had a gruelling session on Monday and Sam pushed himself so hard he vomited up his lunch, and he wasn't the only one.

Nobody gets a shirt on anything but merit, you have to keep earning the right to wear it.

Sergio Parisse is Italy. I know that sounds weird but he is the man who carries the team and they will miss him hugely while he serves his ban.

But Italy now have the strength in depth that comes from the growth of the game in the country and from playing in the Celtic League. Italy love to scrum so it's a huge battle for the forwards.

We know we have to front up just like we did in Paris, so it's been another two weeks of tough training. You just hope all the pain will pay dividends.

When the backs do get the ball, we need to be more clinical but we're not a million miles away. Italy struggled to get going against Scotland at Murrayfield but at home they are a different beast.

Heart and soul: Italy will miss Sergio Parisse while the No 8 serves his ban

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