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England rugby a \'laughing stock\'

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The RFU (Rugby Football Union) has reduced England to a "laughing stock", according to Clive Woodward, who oversaw the country's 2003 World Cup triumph. Martin Johnson, who was England captain in 2003, resigned as England coach after being parachuted into the post in 2008 with no previous coaching or management experience. His resignation followed a disappointing World Cup campaign where the team failed to reach their tated goal of a semi-final spot after a last eight loss to France and attracted more headlines for their off-field antics. Woodward said he felt "sorry" for Johnson, adding someone in England's governing Rugby Football Union had to be accountable for the decison to put a novice boss into such a high-profile job. Martin Johnson has gone but has anything else changed?" Woodward said in the Sunday Times newspaper. "I have a serious fear that all the mistakes made at Twickenham, which have reduced England to something of a laughing stock around the world, are about to be made again and four more years will then be wasted. "All the people who appointed Johnson - a man who had never coached anyone at any level - are still in place. There is nobody who understands elite performance and rugby at the very top. Equally disturbing, the same people are going to appoint the next coach." Woodward, now the director of sport at the British Olympic Association, singled out elite rugby director Rob Andrew and his role in the process. "He refused last week at a press conference to take any responsibility for the past shambles," Woodward said. "Then he told the media that he took no responsibility for anything that happened at the World Cup. "So why does he have responsibility for choosing the new coach? The absolute key question for me is whether he has the skill set to appoint the new coach. Experience says he does not." Woodward insists Johnson should not have been handed the job in 2008 due to his lack of experience. "He has the qualities to be an outstanding coach, just as good as he was a player and captain, but even he cannot learn this job at the very top level on the hoof," he said. He states a preference for an England-based coach to get the job, naming Jim Mallinder, Richard Cockerill, Toby Booth, Neil Back and Mark McCall as contenders, while also suggesting that Alex King and Mike Catt should come into consideration. "An English coach would know the country and the culture," he said. "England have so many coaches, so many resources - if so enormous a rugby country cannot produce a contender, what does that say about rugby here and our coaching development programmes?"

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