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 ...
background chelsea
I'm a Chelsea fan. My whole background is in football,
break cold light played
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,
characters deep dig fight last
After last night's match, we are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is such a character,
came changing happy room
It's a happy changing room but we came here to win, not to come second,
cares error kept ourselves putting won
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.
beat central doubt last leadership meeting
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.
sports team winning
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.
volleyball winning care
'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second...
captains banging coaches
Captain and coach must be seen to be banging the same drum.
sports lucky
You don't get lucky in sport.
australia change france game key playing team
We made the change for the France game but playing Australia it's right to go back to Tindall. He is a key part of our team and has been for a long time.
cup english era golden hope kicks sitting team time
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.
normal
We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,
few games last players types
We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.