Wilkinson calls for Woodward rugby return

Clive Woodward should return to rugby as England's performance director, World Cup-winning flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson said yesterday. Woodward coached England to the world title in 2003 before switching sports to soccer where he now works as football...

Clive Woodward should return to rugby as England's performance director, World Cup-winning flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson said yesterday.

Woodward coached England to the world title in 2003 before switching sports to soccer where he now works as football director for second division Southampton.

"It is rare for me to go public with an opinion on an issue as political as this but I am happy on this occasion to urge the RFU to go for Clive Woodward," Wilkinson said.

England coach Andy Robinson is heading up a new-look management team on the current tour of Australia following another disappointing Six Nations campaign.

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