Matt Dawson
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"Matthew James Sutherland "Matt" Dawson", Order of the British Empire/MBE is a retired English rugby union player who played Scrum-half (rugby union)/scrum half for London Wasps/Wasps and Northampton Saints. During his international career he toured with the British and Irish Lions three times and was part of England Rugby/England's 2003 Rugby World Cup winning side. He won 77 caps for his country in total, including nine as captain and is England's most capped Scrum-half (rugby union)/scrum half.

Dawson was best known for his trademark 'sniping runs' and played the whistle well, often scoring tries from 'tap and go' penalties. When called upon, he could also demonstrate his versatility by kicking goals.

Since retiring, Dawson has become a team captain on A Question of Sport besides appearing on various reality shows and is a commentator and presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live's rugby programme. Dawson currently works as a health ambassador for Sodexo, a global food and facilities provider. In early 2014, he was appointed as director for business development at Instant, a global workspace provider.

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In 2005, there seemed to be a lot of coaches around from different countries and that did not dilute their ability.

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I didn't see where he [Henson] had performed on the tour.

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Geech was very influential in the middle of my career, at a time when many promising scrum halves can falter in their development.

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Even though we would have had an away quarter-final you never know what Wasps can do, ... We are that sort of side that can come up a level on the day, as we showed in the Premiership final.

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The England management know that we won't overplay them. We want them in the best shape for England and Wasps.

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On absolute pure form, there could have been no argument.

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The experience I've had has proved that coming here was the right move.

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But there were elements where they would conflict. One would say one thing and then another would say something that would contradict.

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