Clive Woodward (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBE (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the England team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is currently the British Olympic Association's Director of Elite Performance.Woodward was born in Ely in Cambridgeshire. the son of an RAF pilot. He was sent to HMS Conway School Ship as his father disapproved of his ambition to play professional football. At Conway, he played rugby union at centre alongside fly-half Iain Duncan Smith, who would later become leader of the Conservative Party. According to Woodward, he was not selected to play for the Welsh Schoolboys side, but he was good enough to play rugby union for a Welsh school.