England injuries promise a close encounter

JUDGING by Clive Woodward’s look of thunder it was just as well the Channel 7 cameraman was filming from the open door of a hovering helicopter.

Any closer and he might have joined Matt Dawson and Richard Hill on the injury list which has marred England's preparations for today's match against South Africa.

The same might be said for the crews from Channel 9, Channel 10 and ABC who also turned up at England's Hale School training base on the outskirts of Perth yesterday, and pointed their long lenses through the perimeter fence at Martin Johnson.