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Article: Vick won't hide behind excuses; POOL A - ENGLAND Rugby World Cup 2007.(Sport)
- Article from:
- Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Byline: By Andrew Baldock
WHAT you see is what you get with Phil Vickery.
England have developed a healthy habit of producing no-nonsense leaders and Vickery fits the bill just perfectly.
Martin Johnson, England's revered 2003 World Cup skipper and his former Leicester team-mate Martin Corry are just two examples of captains who prefer to let their actions do the talking.
But so convinced was he that Vickery was the man to pilot England's 2007 World Cup bid, head coach Brian Ashton made it one of his first appointments after replacing Andy ...