England's NZ focus should be 2018, not World Cup - 'winning guru'


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO - England coach Clive Woodward, holding the William Webb Ellis trophy, accompanies the 2003 Rugby World Cup squad as they arrive in Trafalgar Square at the end of their parade through the capital to mark the team's victory, in London, Britain, December 8, 2003. REUTERS/POOL/David Rogers/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Humphrey Walters, the man behind the man who transformed England's rugby team into world champions, says the current squad need to forget about Japan 2019 when they face New Zealand next year in their first clash for four years.

There was no medal, no MBE and certainly no knighthood for Walters yet many of the ideas put in place by Sir Clive Woodward leading up to that 2003 Sydney triumph, including the coach's famed 'TCUP' acronym, were brought in by him.

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