{"id":7384,"date":"2012-01-26T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T07:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/rugby-lancaster-dragging-england-back-to-their-roots\/"},"modified":"2012-01-26T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T07:10:34","slug":"rugby-lancaster-dragging-england-back-to-their-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-lancaster-dragging-england-back-to-their-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Lancaster dragging England back to their roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Mitch Phillips<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

LONDON<\/span> Jan 25 (Reuters) – The old chestnut of
\n“arrogant England” was rolled back on to the rugby agenda this
\nweek and if caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster achieves just one
\nthing during his spell in charge, it is likely to be the utter
\ndestruction of that epithet.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The straight-talking northerner is the antithesis of the
\npublic school persona that for many still taints the world’s
\nbiggest union and in his few weeks in charge so far he has been
\nworking overtime to ensure the players are firmly disavowed from
\nany notion of innate superiority.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m from a working class background, I worked on a farm, I
\nspent a lot of time with a club (Leeds) that struggled and
\nfought its way through the leagues and those things are
\nimportant to my values,” Lancaster told reporters at the
\nofficial Six Nations championship launch on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that it was former England player and coach – now
\nScotland coach – Andy Robinson who was the latest to accuse his
\nold team of arrogance towards his new one at the World Cup, it
\nwas not something to be completely ignored.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some things needed to change after the World Cup and I’ve
\nspoken to all the players. It couldn’t be swept under the carpet
\nbut it’s been dealt with and the conclusion was: learn the
\nlessons, draw the line, move on,” he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“My message is that you will get respect if you act
\nresponsibly. This is a new team and I would be disappointed if
\nin six to 12 months people termed us as arrogant.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Having spent most of his playing and coaching career out of
\nthe limelight, Lancaster was clearly appalled at England’s
\nbehaviour during the World Cup and, having been appointed as an
\ninterim replacement for Martin Johnson, wasted little time in
\nbringing the highly-paid squad down to earth.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mitch Phillips LONDON Jan 25 (Reuters) – The old chestnut of “arrogant England” was rolled back on to the rugby agenda this week and if caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster achieves just one thing during his spell in charge, it is likely to be the utter destruction of that epithet. The straight-talking northerner is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-7384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}