That was the signal for Coetzer, who has been struggling for runs of late, to up his game and he ended the powerplay with a huge 91-metre six over long-off from the bowling of Maqsood to move to 19. "A mixture of excitement, relief, pride really. Because I can't be any more proud of the players. Some were only around for a couple days in the week, everything we asked them to do in the main they followed the structure and delivered a really good performance in the end. "There's no reason Mitchell Pearce can't get another three of four years out of his body. He's a tremendous competitor and looks after himself," Carney added. The 32-year old will replace his former Sydney Roosters teammate, the retiring James Maloney in Perpignan and Sky Sports' Carney expects Pearce to make an even bigger impact than Maloney did in the South of France.