Jack Rowell
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Jack Rowell (born 1937) is the Director of Rugby at Bath.
Between 1978 and 1994 Rowell coached Bath during their golden era, winning eight John Player/Pilkington Cups and five League Championships.
Between 1995 and 1997, Rowell was the coach of the England Rugby Team. He took over from Geoff Cooke, announcing that England would give up the forward-dominated, risk-free strategies that had won so many Six Nations titles in the past, instead adopting a 'running rugby' style. Rowell's England won twenty-one of their twenty-nine matches, including the 1995 World Cup quarter-final against Australia.
In 1998 he became a non-executive director on the board of Bristol, when millionaire businessman Malcolm Pearce saved the club from extinction. In September 2000 he became Managing Director.
In 2002 he returned to Bath as Director of Rugby.
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| Preceded by Dick Best |
English national rugby coach 1995-1997 |
Succeeded by Clive Woodward |
| England squad - 1995 Rugby World Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Forwards: | Back • Bayfield • Clarke • Dawe • Johnson • Leonard • Mallett • Moore • Richards • Rodber • Rowntree • Ojomoh • Ubogo • West |  |
| Backs: | Andrew • Bracken • Callard • Carling • Glanville • Guscott • Hopley • Hunter • Morris • R Underwood • T Underwood | |
| Coach: | Rowell | |
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