
Rassie is Woodward’s No 1 pick for England job
Clive Woodward says Rassie Erasmus should be the favourite as the England RFU’s next director of rugby after masterminding the Springboks’ successive World Cup wins.
Clive Woodward says Rassie Erasmus should be the favourite as the England RFU’s next director of rugby after masterminding the Springboks’ successive World Cup wins.
Clive Woodward says that England “stunned” the Boks in their World Cup semi-final, but hailed the “big calls” made by Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber to get a win for SA.
Sir Clive Woodward has outlined a plan for England to pull off a World Cup upset against the Springboks on Saturday and dump the defending champs out of the tournament.
Clive Woodward says England will be confident of victory against the Springboks in their World Cup semi-final on Saturday, especially with flyhalf Owen Farrell calling the shots.
Clive Woodward predicts that all four World Cup semi-finalists will be Six Nations teams, and expects France to triumph in a close contest with defending champs, South Africa.
Sir Clive Woodward says the Springboks should be kicking themselves, as their World Cup defeat by Ireland reinforced how crucial it is to have a reliable goal-kicker.
Sir Clive Woodward has taken another unprovoked snipe at South Africa, saying rugby will be “dead in five years” if the sport follows the route of the world champion Springboks.
Clive Woodward has called on World Rugby to take swift action against Rassie Erasmus for releasing a video highlighting in detail a number of officiating inconsistencies in the first Test between the Boks and British & Irish Lions.
Former British & Irish Lions coach Clive Woodward has fired back at Rassie Erasmus, saying the SA director of rugby is hot and bothered in comparison to Warren Gatland’s “statesmanlike” behaviour.
SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has hit back at Clive Woodward following the latter’s disparaging comments regarding the Springboks’ coaching set-up.