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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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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It's been a good day, no more than that. We're really looking forward to this week and playing in the final next weekend.
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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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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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It would be good to have Wilkinson there if he's at his best,
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I've announced a strong team with over 300 caps between them,
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We have a huge amount of respect for this team, even more so after they just demolished the All Blacks last week, and that wasn't even a close game.
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Martin and I spoke earlier this month about his decision. I made it clear during the Rugby World Cup that I would have liked him to captain England in our defense of the Grand Slam, but I fully support his decision.
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I was going nuts. We kept putting ourselves in trouble, making error after error. But who cares what I thought? We have won the World Cup.
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We made errors, we made mistakes and we've got to fix it very, very quickly and I think this sends the right message to the whole squad.
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We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.
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We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,
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If we're brutally honest, this is the game we look forward to most, ... a little more spice following our meeting in the World Cup semifinal.
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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,