 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumatsutso a1996 murairidzi Jack Rowell akamugadza semutungamiriri weEngland zvichitevera danho raWill Carling rekubva pachigaro, zvichitevera kuhwina kweEngland 1996 Five Nations Championship. Zvisinei, paive nekushoropodzwa kwekubatanidzwa kwake mukutanga XV ye1997 Five Nations sezvo zvaisatarisirwa kuti aive mune chimiro chakaringana kuti avimbiswe nzvimbo muchikwata. Haana kusarudzwa nokuda kworwendo rweLions rwomuzhizha iroro rwokuSouth Africaachirasikirwa nenzvimbo yake kuna Will Greenwood asina kudzivirirwa. Pasi pemurairidzi mutsva Clive Woodward mumatsutso a1997 akarasikirwa nekaputeni kuna Lawrence Dallaglio uye chinzvimbo chake chekutanga kuGreenwood, kunyangwe akaramba ari nhengo inokosheswa yechikwata. Akaratidza chimiro chakanaka zvikuru mumukombe wenyika wa1999, zvikurukuru mumutambo webhora neNew Zealand. Pakazara akahwina makwikwi makumi matatu nemasere eEngland uye akatanga pakati pese mwaka wa19941995, kusanganisira kuita kwakatanhamara parwendo rwekutanga kuenda kuSouth Africa mushure mekusarudzika, kwaakatamba mumitambo miviri yekuyedza. 