Clive Woodward

Sir Clive Ronald Woodward, KBE (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the England rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. Woodward managed the England side to victory at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Australia

In 1985 he transferred office from Xerox in the UK to Xerox in Australia. He continued to play rugby union in his spare time playing for Manly and even trained with the Wallabies. There he learned about Australian rugby which was considered to be at a more advanced developmental stage than that in Britain. Clive, however, came to believe that the Southern hemisphere teams were not invincible and with the right preparation could be beaten.

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