Lawrence Dallaglio
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Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio (better known as "Lawrence" (born 10 August 1972) is the former captain of the English national rugby union team. He plays flanker or number 8 for London Wasps.
Dallaglio was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, the son of an Italian ice cream salesman. He was educated at Ampleforth College. His grandfather was Italian and his mother was Welsh.
He won the World Cup Sevens with England in 1993.
He toured South Africa with the 1997 Lions tour.
He took over as England captain from Phil de Glanville in the autumn of 1997 by new coach Clive Woodward. The other candidate for the job, Martin Johnson had led the Lions tour, but Dallaglio was preferred.
In 1999 he was caught by a Honey trap by the News of the World, who managed to get a confession for him that he was a regular cocaine user. Although he later denied this, and put it down to alcohol-induced bravado, he lost the England captaincy to Johnson. He continued playing, especially at number eight in the Neil Back - Dallaglio - Richard Hill back row triumvate.
Dallaglio was part of the 2003 England world cup winning side, and regained the captaincy in 2004 after Johnson's retirement from international rugby. Without Johnson the team played poorly, and Dallaglio announced his retirement from international rugby on 31 August 2004. He will continue to play for Wasps.
Despite his international retirement, Dallaglio was called up for his third British and Irish Lions tour in 2005. Back and Hill also received Lions callups. Dallaglio was not able to add any more Lions caps, as he fractured his ankle during the Lions' first tour match on 4 June.
Bibliography
- Autobiography (2005) ISBN 0593053508
- Dallaglio on Rugby: Know the Modern Game ISBN 0340718390
External Links
- Wasps page (http://www.wasps.co.uk/sub_squaddisplay.ink?-database=squad&-response=sub_players.ink&-table=detail&-sortField=surname&-sortOrder=ascending&-op=bw&sitename=WASPS&-op=bw&type=P&-op=bw&season=2002/2003&-maxRecords=1&-skipRecords=5&-search)
- RFU page (http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Simple_Detail/StoryID/4170)
- Sporting Heroes (http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=487)
| Preceded by: Phil de Glanville | English national rugby captain 1997-1999 | Followed by: Martin Johnson |
| Preceded by: Martin Johnson | English national rugby captain 2004 | Followed by: Jonny Wilkinson |