It should have been a night of celebration. As they gathered together at the Dorchester Hotel, Sir Clive Woodward’s heroes of 2003 were meant to commemorate a World Cup triumph that still represents the acme of English men’s rugby.
But, as Matt Dawson explains, there was a strange atmosphere in the room. As he caught up with his colleagues two decades on from reaching the mountaintop, what became clear was just how many were struggling on the other side.
