Over the last couple of years I have read a number of retiring CEOs asked by various newspapers whether they have had any regrets, all that I read said they had noregrets.
Mr Opperman, whose Hexham constituency includes the England's largest plantation, the Kielder, was one of those to vote against the proposals before they were dropped and told the meeting he had noregrets.
There were noregrets at the end because people tried to do everything they wanted - some of them came off, some didn't - but Shane Williams' try sums up the way we want to play the game.