Lewis Moody

Lewis Moody backs Martin Johnson's England to defy critics against All Blacks

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Lewis Moody the England flanker has vowed Martin Johnson's side will defy their critics against the All Blacks.

England vs New Zealand (16:30 k/o)

Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday

Follow all the action from the Test match at Twickenham on keo.co.za. More to follow … England – 15 Mark Cueto, 14 Matt Banahan, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Ayoola Erinle, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Paul Hodgson, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Joe Worsley, 5 Steve Borthwick (c), 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Duncan [...]

Moody England are ready to chomp at All Blacks

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

LEWIS MOODY insists England’s wounded players are “chomping at the bit” to prove their army of critics wrong in today’s final autumn showdown against New Zealand.

Johnson hits back at England team

The Observer (Free subscription) | yesterday

• Criticisms from Lewsey and Greenwood annoy manager • Johnson wantseloquent response from England tomorrow Martin Johnson has hit back at his World Cup-winning team-mates Will Greenwood and Josh Lewsey for their public criticism of his England regime ahead of today's final autumn Test against New Zealand at Twickenham. Greenwood's withering analysis of England's performance against Argentina...

Twickenham looks for more adventure from Martin Johnson's team

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

• Twickenham looks for more adventure from England • Dan Carter's battle with Jonny Wilkinson will be key The weather forecast is miserable and England are battening down the hatches. Beating New Zealand for the first time since 2003 would be nice but today's most urgent priority is to restore their supporters' faith and cause fewer paper darts to be hurled from the upper tiers of the stadium....

English siege mentality has squad fired up for All Blacks

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

LEWIS Moody insists England's wounded players are "champing at the bit" to prove their army of critics wrong in today's final autumn showdown against New Zeal

• Moody: England out to answer critics - Mirror.co.uk
• Johnson advised to change coaches - The Irish Times
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

England out to answer the critics – Moody

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

LEWIS Moody insists England’s wounded players are “chomping at the bit” to prove their army of critics wrong in today’s final autumn showdown against New Zealand.

Moody: England out to answer critics

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Lewis Moody insists England's wounded players are "chomping at the bit" to prove their army of critics wrong in Saturday's final autumn showdown against New Zealand.

England want to answer critics says Moody

The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Lewis Moody insists England's wounded players are "chomping at the bit" to prove their army of critics wrong in tomorrow's final autumn showdown against New Zealand.

Five things England must do to arrest the slide

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

After another inept display against Argentina, Guardian rugby writers outline the changes that need to be made before meeting the All Blacks Robert Kitson 1 Select a more attacking team England have become so obsessed with avoiding mistakes they have forgotten the importance of being proactive. No side, New Zealand included, enjoys playing on the back foot. Stick Simon Shaw or Courtney Lawes –...

Steve Borthwick is not leading his England team by example, says Sean Fitzpatrick

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

• New Zealand legend criticises Borthwick's captaincy • 'People in team are crying out to follow somebody' Sean Fitzpatrick, who led the All Blacks 51 times, believes the burden of captaining England is affecting Steve Borthwick's performances. The former hooker is adamant that the England captain needs to lead by example against New Zealand this weekend, rather than trying to manage the...

Moody - Improvement needed

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Lewis Moody accepts England will need a big improvement in performance against New Zealand next week.

Johnson urges England to sharpen up

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

• Argentina game 'aged me 20 years' says manager • 'Belief is a major thing. We were clearly nervous' Martin Johnson has admitted his England team are suffering a crisis of confidence before their final autumn Test against New Zealand this weekend. Johnson said he felt as if he had 'aged 20 years' during the home side's error-strewn performance game against Argentina at Twickenham and warned...

Matt Banahan's try spares Martin Johnson a winter of discontent| Richard Williams

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Victory over Argentina will keep the wolves from the door, but this England team is in need of drastic surgery From high up in the East Stand, close to the halfway line, Mark Cueto's pass to Lewis Moody looked to have travelled forward. On the television replays, Moody's slick offload to Matt Banahan was the one that looked questionable. Either way, however, the giant wing was able to cruise through...

Exclusive: England’s post-match interviews

The Rugby Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

You can listen to what our England ’stars’ had to say after their victory over Argentina yesterday in our exclusive interviews. Here we have Johnno’s post-match press conference, plus interviews with Matt Banahan, Shane Geraghty, Lewis Moody and Jonny Wilkinson. Johnno: BR> England’s try-scorer Matt Banahan: BR> Shane Geraghty on kicking away possession: BR> Man of...