Lawrence Dallaglio
Lawrence Dallaglio
Lorenzo Bruno Nero "Lawrence" Dallaglio, OBEis a retired English rugby union player and former captain of the English national team. He played as a flanker or number eight for London Wasps and never played for another club, having arrived at Sudbury as a teenager. He was capped in all three positions in the back row, and captained England until a drugs scandal forced his resignation from that role. He is a regular pundit on BT Sport rugby coverage...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth10 August 1972
courageous side stopped trying
They are a courageous side and they never stopped trying.
effort forward positive share squad
The whole squad will share my sense of frustration. We must look forward to one big effort and try to take something positive out of this tour.
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Everyone wants to have a say about a tour that finished months and months ago,
rule
I wouldn't want to rule out the possibility of a return. It is something that has to be thought about very seriously.
cite game gone
If they want to cite me for that then the game really has gone soft.
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If either side are to prevail, then there are key one-to-one battles you have to win. I'll have to play well this weekend, as will everyone, because you can't be at anything other than your best if you are to beat Leicester. I have a huge amount of respect for Martin and all the Leicester team.
competing england forward looking sure
It's up to all of us now to make sure that England go out and play as well as we can, and I'm looking forward to competing for a place in the team.
both crave match test
It's a Test match in all but name. We both crave one thing - winning.
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I want to prove to the players already there (in the England team) that I deserve to be selected on merit. There's a window for me because Lewis Moody is suspended and Pat Sanderson is struggling with injury.
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We started the (northern hemisphere) season by winning (November's World Cup final) in Australia, and we have to try and finish the season by winning in Australia,
latest news
Well, the latest news is that things are going as expected,
game half intensity pace played won
We played with a lot pace and a lot of intensity and we had won the game after the first half an hour.
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This is the beginning of the challenge, not the end of it. I've set targets, and now I'm one step closer. The target was not to make the squad but to make the team. That's what my sights are set on. I'm in this for the long haul. I'm under no illusions how difficult it will be.
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It is important that you have players on the bench who can add momentum. We did that against Wales and, while no player likes to be picked on the bench, it is your job if you are there to ensure that the coach has competition for places.