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Aussie Press-up Boys would surely disagree with Sir Clive’s verdict | Nick Cain

Nick Cain reacts to Sir Clive Woodward’s labelling of England’s performance against Scotland as ‘the worst I have ever seen England play by some margin’
Sir Clive Woodward

THE verdict on England’s poor display against Scotland hit some high notes in terms of hyperbole. Sir Clive Woodward’s column described it as “the worst I have ever seen England play by some margin”.
I have seen worse, especially as a youngster in the late 1960s waiting in vain for England to look like a team rather than a bunch of strangers whose passes went everywhere but to hand.
In fact I have seen much worse, including the 76-0 defeat in Brisbane on the “Tour from Hell” in 1998 when Woodward elected to take a largely reserve squad to Australia and appeared to bypass the fundamental requ...

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