Moody Quits England After World Cup Exit
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October 25, 2011, Tuesday
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LEWIS Moody announced his retirement from international rugby on Sunday, ending a 10-year England career that finished on a disappointing note when he captained the team to a limp quarterfinal exit at the World Cup.
The 33-year-old flanker, who played all seven matches in England's World Cup-winning campaign in 2003, won 71 test caps, including five with the British & Irish Lions.
Moody became England captain for the first time in March 2010 and led the side in this year's World Cup in New Zealand, where the team produced its worst performance at the tournament since 1999 following a series of off-field controversies and poor displays on the pitch.
"My time with England has been unbelievable, even if the last few weeks have not gone so well," Moody wrote in his column in The Mail on Sunday.
"It's only right for the team to move on. There will be changes, maybe in management and definitely in some of the matchday 22, and if England want to start planning for a successful World Cup here in four years' time, then it is my belief that they should be appointing a new captain from February to see the team right the way through to 2015."
The 33-year-old flanker, who played all seven matches in England's World Cup-winning campaign in 2003, won 71 test caps, including five with the British & Irish Lions.
Moody became England captain for the first time in March 2010 and led the side in this year's World Cup in New Zealand, where the team produced its worst performance at the tournament since 1999 following a series of off-field controversies and poor displays on the pitch.
"My time with England has been unbelievable, even if the last few weeks have not gone so well," Moody wrote in his column in The Mail on Sunday.
"It's only right for the team to move on. There will be changes, maybe in management and definitely in some of the matchday 22, and if England want to start planning for a successful World Cup here in four years' time, then it is my belief that they should be appointing a new captain from February to see the team right the way through to 2015."
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