Rugby World Cup 2015: England still after a missing ingredient or two | Robert Kitson

Exactly a year until the kick-off of the 2015 World Cup, Stuart Lancaster wants his players psychologically ready to focus for seven weeks on the goal of lifting the World CupExactly a year to the day before the 1991 Rugby World Cup, the last to be hosted in England, the then Australian captain, Nick Farr-Jones, received a phone call from his national coach, Bob Dwyer. The message was simple: he should drink a glass of champagne that night to toast the Wallabies success at Twickenham 12 months hence. A similar call was made to other senior players, who duly did the same.Sure enough, Australia …

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