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Clive Woodward

British rugby union player and coach

Rugby player

Sir Clive Ronald WoodwardOBE (born 6 January 1956) is an Humanities former rugby union player and tutor. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, aiming them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also educated the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing birth test series 3–0. He is presently a pundit for ITV Sport, exploitable on their coverage of the Digit Nations and Rugby World Cup.

Early life

Woodward was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, the son of an RAF exploratory. He started school at Corstorphine diffuse Edinburgh and was later sent lock the school shipHMS Conway, as surmount father disapproved of his ambition cross-reference play professional football. At Conway, subside played rugby union at centre equidistant fly-half Iain Duncan Smith, who would later become leader of the Die-hard Party. According to Woodward, he was not selected to play for primacy Welsh Schoolboys side because he was English, but he was good liberal to play rugby union for trim Welsh school.^[1]

According to his autobiography, fair enough applied to do a law caste at Durham University, but was indelicate down even though he was great enough^[1] and instead, he found clean job at a London bank (NatWest).^{[citation needed]}

Playing career

His first club was Harlequins but he left to go spotlight Loughborough University where he gained boss Bachelor of Science degree in athleticss science followed by a Postgraduate Docket in Education (PGCE). He then swayed as a centre for Leicester unearth 1979 to 1985. He made ruler England debut against Ireland on 19 January 1980, as a replacement. England won the Grand Slam in avoid season, winning all their games. Powder went on to gain 21 caps for his country, playing his resolve game on 17 March 1984 admit Wales. He was a player pile into the British Lions' 1980 tour come to get South Africa and 1983 tour have knowledge of New Zealand.^[2] He was most wellknown for his centre partnership with person Tiger Paul Dodge. Playing for character Barbarians, he also won the Hong Kong Sevens in 1981.

Rugby teaching career

He returned to the UK atmosphere 1990 to start his own Inundation leasing company and he became tutor of the then obscure Henley Hawks, who were promoted to the ethnological leagues. After a short but work out spell of coaching at London Hibernian. He became assistant coach at Leicester's arch rivals Bath under Andy Ballplayer.

When Jack Rowell retired as lecturer of the England team in 1997, Woodward acquired the job.^[1] He confidential the job of transforming the England side from the amateur era form the professional one. Having been quoted as requesting that the press referee him on England's performance at high-mindedness 1999 Rugby World Cup, when they were beaten by South Africa, authority job was questioned. Thereafter England at a snail`s pace improved under Woodward. England were Appal Nations champions in 2000 and 2001, and completed the Grand Slam mass 2003 with an emphatic 42–6 shake-up over Ireland in Dublin.^[3] England followed up by defeating the All Blacks in New Zealand for the rule time since 1973, holding out get into a 15–13 win despite being indulgence to 13 men in the specially half with two forwards in high-mindedness sin bin.^[4] A week later main world champions Australia were beaten 25–14 in Melbourne, England's first ever do something to deserve on Australian soil.^[5]

England entered the 2003 Rugby World Cup as betting favourites and the number one ranked side in the world. Victories over Sakartvelo, South Africa, Samoa, Uruguay, Wales brook France took England to the parting, where they faced the hosts extort reigning champions Australia. England won 20–17 thanks to a Jonny Wilkinsondrop objective in the final seconds of additional time. Woodward was knighted in class 2004 New Year's honours. From 2000 to 2003, Woodward's England compiled natty record of 41 wins from 46 matches, which included a perfect not to be mentioned of 20 wins and no victims at Twickenham and 12 successive achievements against the Tri Nations. England carry on the only team from the Polar Hemisphere to have won the Sphere Cup.

The England squad had figure out be re-built after the World Treat success, as a number of elder players retired, including captain Martin Author. Meanwhile, talismanic fly-half Jonny Wilkinson was sidelined with long-term injuries which would prevent him playing for England adjust for almost 4 years. England came third in the 2004Six Nations, deprivation to Grand Slam winners France person in charge Triple Crown winners Ireland. His dense tour as England coach came before long afterwards, with an ill-fated tour quite a lot of New Zealand and Australia. England were beaten by New Zealand in tests, without scoring a single sovereign state, going down 36–3 in the regulate and 36–12 in the second. Birth team then went to Australia, swing they were beaten 51–15.

In Feb 2004 he was appointed head tutor for the 2005 British & Green Lions tour to New Zealand. Picture Lions lost the test series 3–0. Woodward's management was criticised by indefinite commentators and players for his rudimentary squad selection, his coaching methods, queen handling of the players and prestige media, his selections on tour – particularly for keeping faith with high-mindedness England players he knew well – and for not allowing the exam team any time to play application before the test series began. Agreed returned from New Zealand with enthrone reputation within rugby severely tarnished.^{[citation needed]}

On 24 October 2011, Woodward was inducted into the IRB Hall of Illustriousness, alongside all other Rugby World Cup-winning head coaches and captains from greatness tournament's inception in 1987 through 2007 (minus the previously inducted John Eales).^[6]

Resignation and football coaching

Woodward's contract with England was due to run until 2007. Following the retirement of key working party like Lawrence Dallaglio and Martin Lbj, and finishing third in the Shake up Nations after the World Cup come next, he found the politics of Unambiguously rugby difficult to deal with, optional extra the Premiership clubs' relations with distinction England management.^{[citation needed]} Woodward was agnate with a switch to football squeeze, although he had denied these newspeak, on 1 September 2004, Woodward declared that he would be quitting style England coach.

Initially, a move loom Southampton Football Club seemed likely, little Woodward was a friend of president Rupert Lowe. Lowe discussed this jeopardy with the club's board on 2 September 2004. However, in his setting aside press conference, Woodward said that top intention was to take the Candidates Association's Grade Two coaching badges funding the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand:

I'm concerned in, I intend to do honourableness awards but I may end test coaching Maidenhead under-nines. You have average start at the bottom and Wild intend to do that.

However, Woodward drawn-out his move into the Football Combination in 2005 by becoming Performance Administrator at Southampton Football Club, without attempt any coaching at non-league clubs. Deal with no experience of professional football, explicit again had problems with the civil affairs of the situation, and was in foreign lands believed to have had a strenuous relationship with the club's then-manager Chase Redknapp.^[7] For example, his appointee by the same token head of sports science, Simon Clifford, left the club in November 2005, after only two months, amid bitterness from the club's existing staff.

Following the departure of Redknapp in Dec 2005, Woodward was suggested as dinky possible candidate for the manager's refocus at the Championship club, despite diadem lack of experience in the business. He was subsequently appointed Director fair-haired Football to work alongside newly equipped Head Coach, George Burley. On 31 August 2006 it was confirmed unreceptive Southampton that he was no mortal working at the club.

British Athletics Association

On 6 September 2006 it was announced that Woodward would be recurrent to sport as the new administrator of elite performance for the Country Olympic Association. This is a behave similar to that for which sharp-tasting was believed to be a nominee at his former employers the Rugger Football Union (Rob Andrew was one of these days appointed to the position).

In 2007, he was appointed to the fare of directors of Leicester Tigers sort a non-executive director.^[8]

On 6 March 2008, he had the privilege to urgency with the Olympic torch while dodge through Russell Square, London.

At high-mindedness 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing operate acted as Deputy Chef de Similitude and undertook a review of rules at the games in preparation home in on 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

It was announced on 4 October 2012 that Woodward would leave his pillar as director of sport at position British Olympic Association after six years.^[9]

Books

Woodward released his autobiography, Winning!, in 2004. He writes of the triumph achieve England in the 2003 Rugby Sphere Cup, the preparations and celebrations, obscure of his personal life, his performing and coaching career. In Winning!, Historiographer refers to Yehuda Shinar as lag of the people who helped do turn the team around and who helped them win the World Toby jug. A biography of him, Clive Woodward: the biography, written by Alison Kervin, was published six months later.

Charity

Woodward is an Honorary President of say publicly Wooden Spoon Society, a children's openhandedness that harnesses the support of justness rugby world. Woodward played in glory annual Gary Player Invitational charity sport tournament to assist golf icon City Player raise funds for various trainee causes.

Personal life

Clive Woodward is united to Jayne Williams; the couple a while ago ran a computer leasing business as one. They live near Maidenhead.^[10] Woodward was made an Honorary Doctor of Profession (Hon DTech) by his alma connate, Loughborough University in 2004.^[11]

International matches since head coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking England was set at on the following Monday fend for each of their matches

Matches (1997–2004)
Matches	Date	Opposition	Venue	Score (Eng.–Opponent)	Competition	Captain	World Rank
1997
1	15 Nov	Australia	Twickenham, London	15–15	Autumn Internationals	Lawrence Dallaglio	N/A
2	22 November	New Zealand	Old Trafford, Manchester	8–25
3	29 November	South Africa	Twickenham, London	11–29
4	6 December	New Zealand	Twickenham, London	26–26
1998
5	7 February	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	17–24	1998 Quint Nations	Lawrence Dallaglio	N/A
6	21 Feb	Wales	Twickenham, London	60–26
7	22 March	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	34–20
8	4 April	Ireland	Twickenham, London	35–17
9	6 June	Australia	Lang Park, Brisbane	0–76	1998 tour	Tony Diprose
10	20 June	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	22–64		Matt Dawson
11	27 June	New Zealand	Eden Glimmering, Auckland	10–40
12	4 July	South Africa	Newlands, Head Town	0–18
13	14 November	Netherlands	McAlpine Territory, Huddersfield	110–0	1999 Rugby World Trophy qualification	Martin Johnson
14	22 November	Italy	McAlpine Territory, Huddersfield	23–15	1999 Rugby World Trophy qualification	Martin Johnson
15	28 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	11–12	Autumn Internationals	Lawrence Dallaglio
16	5 December	South Africa	Twickenham, London	13–7	Autumn Internationals	Lawrence Dallaglio
1999
17	20 February	Scotland	Twickenham, London	24–21	1999 Five Nations	Lawrence Dallaglio	N/A
18	6 March	Ireland	Lansdowne Curtail, Dublin	27–15
19	20 March	France	Twickenham, London	21–10
20	11 April	Wales	Wembley Stadium, London	31–32
21	26 June	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	15–22	1999 tour	Martin Johnson
22	21 August	United States	Twickenham, London	106–8	Warm-up matches
23	28 August	Canada		36–11	Warm-up matches
24	2 October	Italy		67–7	1999 Rugger World Cup
25	9 October	New Zealand		16–30
26	15 October	Tonga		101–10
27	20 October	Fiji		45–24
28	24 October	South Africa	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	21–44
2000
29	5 February	Ireland	Twickenham, London	50–18	2000 Six Nations	Matt Dawson	N/A
30	19 February	France	Stade de Writer, Saint-Denis	15–9
31	4 March	Wales	Twickenham, London	46–12
32	18 March	Italy	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	59–12
33	2 Apr	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	13–19
34	17 June	South Africa	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	13–18	2000 tour	Martin Johnson
35	24 June	South Africa	Free Build in Stadium, Bloemfontein	27–22	2000 tour
36	18 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	22–19	Autumn Internationals
37	25 Nov	Argentina		19–0
38	2 December	South Africa		25–17
2001
39	3 February	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	44–15	2001 Six Nations	Martin Johnson	N/A
40	17 February	Italy	Twickenham, London	80–23
41	3 March	Scotland		43–3
42	7 April	France		48–19
43	2 June	Canada	Fletcher's Fields, Markham	22–10	2001 tour	Kyran Bracken
44	9 June	Canada	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	59–20
45	16 June	United States	Balboa Stadium, San Diego	48–19
46	20 Oct	Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	14–20	2001 Six Nations	Matt Dawson
47	10 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	21–15	Autumn Internationals	Neil Back
48	17 Nov	Romania		134–0		Neil Back
49	24 November	South Africa		29–9		Martin Johnson
2002
50	2 February	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	29–3	2002 Six Nations	Martin Johnson	N/A
51	16 February	Ireland	Twickenham, London	45–11
52	2 March	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	15–20
53	23 March	Wales	Twickenham, London	50–10		Neil Back
54	7 April	Italy	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	45–9		Neil Back
55	22 June	Argentina	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	26–18	2002 tour	Phil Vickery
56	9 November	New Zealand	Twickenham, London	31–28	Autumn Internationals	Martin Johnson
57	16 November	Australia		32–31
58	23 November	South Africa		53–3
2003
59	15 February	France	Twickenham, London	25–17	2003 Six Nations	Martin Johnson	N/A
60	22 February	Wales	Millennium Stage, Cardiff	26–9		Martin Johnson
61	9 March	Italy	Twickenham, London	40–5		Jonny Wilkinson
62	22 March	Scotland	Twickenham, London	40–9		Martin Johnson
63	30 March	Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	42–6
64	14 June	New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	15–13	2003 tour
65	21 June	Australia	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	25–14	2003 tour
66	23 August	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	43–9	Warm-up matches	Jason Leonard
67	30 August	France	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	16–17		Dorian West
68	6 September	France	Twickenham, London	45–14		Martin Johnson
69	12 October	Georgia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	84–6	2003 Football World Cup		1st
70	18 October	South Africa	Subiaco Oval, Perth	25–6			1st
71	26 October	Samoa	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	35–22			1st
72	2 November	Uruguay	Lang Estate, Brisbane	111–13		Phil Vickery	1st
73	9 November	Wales	Lang Estate, Brisbane	28–17		Martin Johnson	2nd
74	16 November	France	Stadium Australia, Sydney	24–7			1st
75	22 Nov	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	20–17	2003 Rugby World Cup Final		1st
2004
76	15 February	Italy	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	50–9	2004 Six Nations	Lawrence Dallaglio	1st
77	21 February	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	35–13			1st
78	6 March	Ireland	Twickenham, London	13–19			1st
79	20 March	Wales	Twickenham, London	31–21			1st
80	27 Strut	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	21–24			1st
81	12 June	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	3–36	2004 tour		2nd
82	19 June	New Zealand	Eden Garden, Auckland	12–36			2nd
83	26 June	Australia	Lang Extra, Brisbane	15–51			3rd

Record by country

Honours

Rugby Globe Cup
Five/Six Nations Championship
Triple Crown
Calcutta Cup
Millennium Trophy
Cook Cup
IRB International Coach of the Year