Woodward: No-one likes us

Sir Clive Woodward has admitted it is "blindingly obvious" that all the other rugby nations hate England.

The former England coach said comments made before matches, such as those by Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill, were "largely hot air".

"They do hate us, so what's the big deal?" Woodward said in The Times. "We used to keep a 'teamship' book that had a whole heap of derogatory comments from other nations about what they really think of England. You can just add O'Neill's remarks to the hundreds of others."

Woodward added: "When he talked about the rest of the rugby world 'hating' England, he was simply telling the truth, the blindingly obvious."