It's Time to Recapture That Old Pride ; England Will Face an Irish Side As the Underdogs at Lansdowne Road On Sunday in a Case of Role Reversal As the World Cup Winners Bid to Avoid a Third Straight Defeat in the Six Nations Championship

Evening Standard - London › February 24, 2005

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THE best game of rugby I have been involved in was played at Lansdowne Road last season, and those happy memories fill me with confidence as I prepare to run out on the same turf to face Ireland on Sunday.

I was in the London Wasps team that defeated a Munster side backed by more then 45,000 of their redshirted fans in the semi- final of the Heineken Cup.

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It's Time to Recapture That Old Pride ; England Will Face an Irish Side As the Underdogs at Lansdowne Road On Sunday in a Case of Role Reversal As the World Cup Winners Bid to Avoid a Third Straight Defeat in the Six Nations Championship

In many ways, this England team can learn from the way Wasps went to Lansdowne Road. We were the underdogs - just as England will be at the weekend - and it's quite nice to be in a position where the media have written you off.

People don't believe we can do it and I can te...

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