Josh Lewsey
Josh Lewsey
Owen Joshua "Josh" Lewsey MBEis a world cup winning rugby union player, British and Irish Lion and British Army Officer. Specialising in Organisational Performance, he has also spent over 12 years working in the business sector, having led and consulted on various strategic change projects, most notably with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Citigroup. He was the Head of Rugby for Wales for the Welsh Rugby Union, leading the strategic and structural aspects for both the Elite and Community game on behalf...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth30 November 1976
extremely sort
I am hyperactive...in an extremely hyperactive sort of way
change character dynamics playing
With Lawrence, it's not just a playing issue. Because of the character he is, it would change the dynamics and the leadership.
break certain decisive difference explain game injury lawrence losing obviously people performed taken though throughout
People say that losing Lawrence was a decisive factor. He's obviously a big difference to any team, though I don't think his injury can explain why we under-performed so badly. What's certain is that we had a long break in that game while Lawrence was taken off the field. After that we never really performed throughout the tour.
operated progress since week
I was only operated on a week ago and I have made spectacular progress since then,
case experience knew lesson people taught
I don't think we were taught a lesson in New Zealand, it was more a case of our experience confirming what a lot of people knew already,
gave irish players referee surprise whistle
One of the Irish players scooped it back after the whistle and to our surprise the referee then gave a turnover.
beat couple england head held inches main meet rival rivalry
When you beat your main rival you feel a couple of inches taller, especially when you meet up in the England camp. You feel as if you can go in there with your head held high. The rivalry is very much alive.
time
I feel like it is our time again.
bragging brother garden lose losing rights
When you lose to someone you know so well it is like losing to your brother in the back garden . . . there are bragging rights at stake.
The op went well and there have been no complications,
accurately exhausted falling few fitter quick receiving rugby seemed utterly
You can't be on the receiving end of rugby like that without falling off a few tackles, because you're utterly exhausted by the end. It was such a quick game. They weren't fitter than us. They just executed things more accurately than we did and seemed to have more direction.
chance changes implement ourselves simple
We have got to look at the way we play and implement those changes now. If we don't do that, we won't give ourselves a chance of winning, simple as that.
adrenaline gone intense massively
It was a massively intense game. I could've gone on for another 80 minutes, I had so much adrenaline left.
biggest group knocked last year
The biggest disappointment of last year was to get knocked out in the group stages,