Australia
In 1986 he transferred office from Xerox in the UK to Xerox in Australia. He joined the firm Portfolio Leasing Australia Pty Ltd which was located in North Sydney. During this time he was joined by fellow Englishman and Rugby Player Steve Holdstock. He was held in high esteem in business circles for his handling of large transactions of computing leasing and rentals which was fairly new to the market in Australia at the time. He continued to play rugby, for Manly, and even trained once with the Wallabies. There he learned about Australian rugby which was considered to be at a more advanced developmental stage than that in Britain. Woodward came to believe that the Southern hemisphere teams were not invincible and with the right preparation could be beaten.
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