SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This team can go for the ultimate prize… they remind me of that great 2003 side

By Sir Clive Woodward

PUBLISHED: 18:49 EST, 9 March 2014 | UPDATED: 06:19 EST, 10 March 2014

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It is one year, six months and 16 days until England and Wales meet again here at Twickenham in what will be the most anticipated World Cup pool match in history. In the course of 80 minutes on Sunday, the landscape shifted entirely.

This was an astonishingly comfortable victory for England, another significant step forward. Stuart Lancasters developing side will be serious contenders at the World Cup because they are playing a brand of rugby that is bringing the best out of their undoubted talent.

The head coach said he wanted to remove the fear of playing in a high-pressure environment and he has achieved just that. Englands tactics were astute and their execution was spot on.

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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This team can go for the ultimate prize... they remind me of that great 2003 side