Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBEis an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing the test series 3-0 ...
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I'm delighted that Steve Hansen is picking a very good Wales team. Man for man they are a very strong side and I fully expect that our players will have a very tough test on Saturday.
background chelsea
I'm a Chelsea fan. My whole background is in football,
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It's critical he gets this experience but we're giving him full support with Catt and Tindall and Dawson at hand. It will be a big night for him and his first real big test,
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A lot of this game is about the attitude shown by players, and the attitude this week has been immense. You need a real mind set when you're playing the French in their own back yard. The guys are really looking forward to it.
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This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,
came changing happy room
It's a happy changing room but we came here to win, not to come second,
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It would be good to have Wilkinson there if he's at his best,
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After last night's match, we are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is such a character,
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After matches you want people to go straight in front of the cameras and the media and it's a highly-charged atmosphere so you have to be careful.
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I've announced a strong team with over 300 caps between them,
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As it turns out he got his chance and did fantastically well against Wales,
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Simon is a class player and I feel for him but he has the character to come back from this and we wish him well in his recovery,
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One of the major successes of the tournament so far has been the refereeing, because I can't recall many people talking about it. There have been very few bad incidents, hardly any citing offenses and (Watson's) looking forward to tomorrow's game and so are we.
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We did not play as well as we could or should have last night, but I am in no doubt we can beat New Zealand. Gareth's leadership will be central to meeting that challenge.