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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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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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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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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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.
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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,
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We set out to be the No. 1 team in the world and the only time you can say that is when you have the World Cup sitting here with you, ... I hope it kicks on to a really golden era for English rugby.
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Winning the World Cup was the worst thing that ever happened to the England team.
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You don't get lucky in sport.
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Captain and coach must be seen to be banging the same drum.
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'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second...
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Our success has not been a continual series of victories. We have had a number of devastating setbacks; how these are handled is the making of a great team... winning does not happen in straight lines.
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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.