Friday 18 March 2016 09:43, UK
Sir Clive Woodward has urged England to hammer France in Paris on Saturday and write their place in rugby history as Six Nations Grand Slam winners.
Woodward guided England to the Grand Slam in 2003, before taking them to Australia later that year and winning the World Cup.
He also won it as a player in 1980, playing alongside icons of English rugby such as Bill Beaumont and Fran Cotton.
But he also experienced three shattering Grand Slam-denying defeats in three straight years - 1999 (to Wales at Wembley), 2000 (to Scotland at Murrayfield) and 2001 (to Ireland in Dublin).
The stunning 42-6 victory in Dublin in Ireland in 2003 was the last time England have won the Slam, but Eddie Jones' men have the chance to emulate Woodward's greats if they beat the French.
"I would urge Eddie and [captain] Dylan Hartley to ramp this game up," Woodward wrote in his Daily Mail column.
"I hope Eddie has been challenging the squad behind closed doors. OK, you have won a Championship but you have squandered four in the last four years finishing runners-up and blown two Grand Slams in the last five years.
"Do you want to be remembered for that? Don't just win, put them to the sword. Nobody remembers Championship winners. Only the Grand Slams stand the test of time and England haven't claimed one for 13 years.
"Like my side in 2003, there is enough anger in the dressing room following near misses to stop any complacency creeping in. The likes of Chris Robshaw, Hartley, Mike Brown and Owen Farrell will embody the attitude of Beaumont and Cotton in 1980."
