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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Paul is the best player and I am mindful we've had no training time at all since the World Cup. To throw in Ollie Barkley or Alex King with no preparation would be a big call, especially playing away from home.
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My resignation has been accepted. I was happy to stay for the tests in the autumn but it was agreed that it would make for a smoother transition of responsibility if I withdrew my position with immediate effect,
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Clearly things were not right last Saturday night and it was time to shake things up,
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I only heard last night that it (a citing) might happen and it was confirmed this morning,
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I had a long and positive chat with Jason this morning when he told me of his decision,
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If you look at the way we've played in the last 24 months I think we have played with a lot of width, ... But you don't win the World Cup with width.
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In the cold light of day we need to see how we played technically and tactically, this is going to be the make or break of this tour,
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In my opinion it is a pretty horrendous tackle and it has put him out for a long time.
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He's an example to all the squad on and off the field and, like me, he's really looking forward to Saturday.
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George is clearly in charge of the first team and my role is the whole training ground environment. I've got ambitions in management but that is at least two or three years away. I feel I am more than qualified to help individual players, not just the first team.
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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.
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All his caps for England have been earned on merit. On behalf of the England team I'd like to wish him every success in the future.
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I'm a Chelsea fan. My whole background is in football,