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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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,
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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,
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It's a happy changing room but we came here to win, not to come second,
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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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As it turns out he got his chance and did fantastically well against Wales,
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This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,
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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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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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I've announced a strong team with over 300 caps between them,
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George is clearly in charge of the first team and my role is the whole training ground environment. I've got ambitions in management but that is at least two or three years away. I feel I am more than qualified to help individual players, not just the first team.
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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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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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'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.