October 5 , 2010 07:31 PM in Celebrity , Marlborough College
 

It was a privilege to photograph Brian Ashton when he gave the Dunford lecture at Marlborough College, he has been a club and international rugby coach for 39 years.


Having built up a reputation as one of the best attacking coaches in world rugby he went on to be the National Coach of Ireland from 1997-98 and became Sir Clive Woodward’s assistant from 1998-2002, building up to England’s first World Cup victory in 2003.


He took the England squad from rank outsiders in the 2007 World Cup to within 10 points of victory in the final against South Africa with a quiet assurance and absolute belief in his management techniques that despite outside criticism proved to be world beating.