JEREMY GUSCOTT

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK

Loud and clear: John Mitchell gets his point across in England training 1998
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When John Mitchell joined Clive Woodward’s England set-up in 1997, it was so strange to hear a Kiwi voice in one of our England training sessions. It was new to me and a lot of others at that time, whereas today the players are used to hearing accents from all over the world.
But after that initial adjustment, I found John to be a great addition to the coaching line-up and he improved our rucking ability no end. The impact he...