Clive Woodward Quotes (23 Quotes)

My resignation has been accepted. I was happy to stay for the tests in the autumn but it was agreed that it would make for a smoother transition of responsibility if I withdrew my position with immediate effect,

We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.

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.

One of the major successes of the tournament so far has been the refereeing, because I can't recall many people talking about it, ... There have been very few bad incidents, hardly any citing offenses and (Watson's) looking forward to tomorrow's game and so are we.

After matches you want people to go straight in front of the cameras and the media and it's a highly-charged atmosphere so you have to be careful.

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,

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.

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Clearly things were not right last Saturday night and it was time to shake things up,

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.

It would be good to have Wilkinson there if he's at his best,

All his caps for England have been earned on merit. On behalf of the England team I'd like to wish him every success in the future.

A lot of this game is about the attitude shown by players, and the attitude this week has been immense. You need a real mind set when you're playing the French in their own back yard. The guys are really looking forward to it.

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,

If we're brutally honest, this is the game we look forward to most, ... a little more spice following our meeting in the World Cup semifinal.

I only heard last night that it (a citing) might happen and it was confirmed this morning,

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.

I'm delighted that Steve Hansen is picking a very good Wales team. Man for man they are a very strong side and I fully expect that our players will have a very tough test on Saturday.

Paul is the best player and I am mindful we've had no training time at all since the World Cup. To throw in Ollie Barkley or Alex King with no preparation would be a big call, especially playing away from home.

We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,

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.

In my opinion it is a pretty horrendous tackle and it has put him out for a long 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.