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Article: England must be backed with 12; Aussies may discover Woodward's side has star quality.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 26, 1999
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CAPTAIN James Cook helped to create a coherent map of the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century. Clive Woodward is a fellow visionary, plotting an exciting future for English rugby. With or without Woodward's preferred captain, Lawrence Dallaglio, England are not a team to mess with and they are worth a wager receiving a dozen points on the handicap line in today's Cook Cup clash in Sydney (11am), writes Mark Worwood.
There are some Englishmen, probably holed up in the RFU's headquarters, who must wish that Cook has not discovered the land whose national anthem, Advance ...