Josh Lewsey
Josh Lewsey
Owen Joshua "Josh" Lewsey MBEis a world cup winning rugby union player, British and Irish Lion and British Army Officer. Specialising in Organisational Performance, he has also spent over 12 years working in the business sector, having led and consulted on various strategic change projects, most notably with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Citigroup. He was the Head of Rugby for Wales for the Welsh Rugby Union, leading the strategic and structural aspects for both the Elite and Community game on behalf...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth30 November 1976
beat couple england head held inches main meet rival rivalry
When you beat your main rival you feel a couple of inches taller, especially when you meet up in the England camp. You feel as if you can go in there with your head held high. The rivalry is very much alive.
accurately exhausted falling few fitter quick receiving rugby seemed utterly
You can't be on the receiving end of rugby like that without falling off a few tackles, because you're utterly exhausted by the end. It was such a quick game. They weren't fitter than us. They just executed things more accurately than we did and seemed to have more direction.
down-and reminiscing rugby
The time for reminiscing is after rugby. Then you can sit down and get fat.
team skills world
New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern rugby.
chance changes implement ourselves simple
We have got to look at the way we play and implement those changes now. If we don't do that, we won't give ourselves a chance of winning, simple as that.
bragging brother garden lose losing rights
When you lose to someone you know so well it is like losing to your brother in the back garden . . . there are bragging rights at stake.
The op went well and there have been no complications,
change character dynamics playing
With Lawrence, it's not just a playing issue. Because of the character he is, it would change the dynamics and the leadership.
break certain decisive difference explain game injury lawrence losing obviously people performed taken though throughout
People say that losing Lawrence was a decisive factor. He's obviously a big difference to any team, though I don't think his injury can explain why we under-performed so badly. What's certain is that we had a long break in that game while Lawrence was taken off the field. After that we never really performed throughout the tour.
expansive rugby switch
You can't just switch on wide, expansive rugby overnight,
biggest group knocked last year
The biggest disappointment of last year was to get knocked out in the group stages,
adrenaline gone intense massively
It was a massively intense game. I could've gone on for another 80 minutes, I had so much adrenaline left.