Reuters: No way back for Woodward

April 28, 2006

Reuters columnist Mitch Phillips writes, "World Cup-winning coach Clive Woodward would appear to have no way back should he want to return to the top of English rugby after the empire he built was dismantled today." Phillips continues, "it seems inconceivable that he could operate in the new climate of the RFU. His once-revolutionary ideas, which were eventually taken on board by England's officialdom and helped turn England round on the pitch, are now seen as cumbersome."