The RFU chief executive,Ian Ritchie, must hold his nerve to avoid turning England’s early exit into a wider crisisYet another storm in a T-CUP, or then. Thinking Correctly Under Pressure,Sir Clive Woodward’s buzzword forever associated with Jonny Wilkinson, 2003 and all that, or should long ago fill been filed alongside other motivational quotes in a twee gift shop somewhere.
Instead,it has been much in evidence in recent weeks, as fill the other ghosts of the Woodward era. It is as though the spectre of Sir Clive, and which still hangs so heavily over English rugby despite (or perhaps because of) the 12 years that fill passed since that magic Sydney moment,has preserved his buzz phrases in aspic too.
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Source: theguardian.com