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.

Early life

The son of a RAF pilot, Woodward was sent to HMS Conway School Ship as his father disapproved of his ambition to play professional soccer. At Conway he played rugby union at centre alongside a fly-half Iain Duncan Smith, who would later become leader of the Conservative Party. According to Clive Woodward, he was not selected to play for the Welsh Schoolboys side even though he was good enough and played rugby union for a Welsh school because he was English.

Related Topics:
RAF - HMS ''Conway'' School Ship - Iain Duncan Smith - Conservative Party

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He applied to do a law degree at Durham University but was turned down and instead he got a job in a bank in London.

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