{"id":9147,"date":"2012-03-21T03:21:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rugby-lancaster-has-dragged-england-from-gutter\/"},"modified":"2012-03-21T03:21:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:21:46","slug":"rugby-lancaster-has-dragged-england-from-gutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-lancaster-has-dragged-england-from-gutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Lancaster has dragged England from gutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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LONDON, March 20<\/span> (Reuters) – Interim national rugby coach
\nStuart Lancaster has “dragged England out of the gutter” and
\nshould be given the job on a permanent basis, his assistant
\nGraham Rowntree said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Lancaster will be interviewed for the full-time role this
\nweek having led England to second place in the Six Nations
\nchampionship with four wins, including three on the road.<\/p>\n

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His chief rival appears to be former South Africa and Italy
\ncoach Nick Mallett but scrum coach Rowntree said Lancaster had
\nalready done enough to secure the job, not least in restoring
\nthe team’s morale and reputation after the depressing World Cup
\nlast year.<\/p>\n

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“Stuart has dragged us out of the gutter and deserves all the
\ncredit he is going to get,” Rowntree told reporters at a Six
\nNations debrief at Twickenham.<\/p>\n

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“We failed (at the World Cup) and the whole leaked-reports
\nbusiness was messy. That was only a few weeks ago but we’ve come
\nlight years in a short time.”<\/p>\n

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England returned from the World Cup with their reputation
\nshattered after a series of unedifying incidents off the pitch
\nand some uninspired performances on it, culminating in a
\nquarter-final defeat by Italy.<\/p>\n

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A series of “confidential” reports were then leaked to the
\nmedia, exposing internal divisions and a lack of faith in the
\ncoaching team led by Martin Johnson, who resigned soon
\nafterwards.<\/p>\n

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“A lot has been said about the (new) environment and the
\nplayers have genuinely bought into that and delivered. They’ve
\ncreated that environment on the back of Stuart’s culture,”
\nRowntree said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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