McKay's general excellence in difficult conditions earned him a player of the match award and the Kiwi was delighted with the win over their old rivals: "Obviously it was massively important to come through with the win," said McKay. "This is always a game you look out for on the calendar. It's always around Christmas, a special time of year. We didn't want to lose at home either so to come out and get the win - we're happy with that.
"The weather was pretty atrocious, it was howling a gale too. It was the sort of game where you've got to dig deep so full credit to our forwards. They had to roll their sleeves up for most of the 80 minutes and get into their work.
"We had to stay disciplined and not piggyback pens. We had to hope we could turn the arm wrestle. It was good to watch the lads crash over the line, that's for sure."