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'''William Carling''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born [[December 12]] [[1965]]) is a former [[Rugby union]] player, and captain of [[England national rugby union team|England]] from [[1988]] to [[1996]].

'''Alisal High School''' opened in 1965 and is located on the east side of [[Salinas, California]]. Their school colors are green and black. Their mascot is the Trojan and the current principal is Dan Burns.[[Image:ahspklot.jpg|thumb|right| Alisal High School]]

== Attendance ==

He attended the [[Sedbergh School|Sedbergh school]] on an art scholarship and later did a degree in Psychology at [[Durham University]].

Attendance is handled by attendance technicians Alicia Espino, Susan Chacon, and Juanita Garcia, head of the department for over 20 years now. They do their job along side numerous TA's (Teachers Aid) such as Daniel Ibarra, Ileana Madrigal, Jorge Mendoza, Lizett Marquez, Cristian Mercado, and Gilberto Tapia (All graduating seniors this 2007 school year)

== March Against Violence ==

He played for [[Harlequins (rugby)|Harlequins]] as a [[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|centre]] but was more committed to his England side.

On March 27, 2007, Government teacher [[Ruben Pizarro]] led over 300 Alisal High School students on a march from Alisal High School to the [[Cesar Chavez]] Library in an effort to raise awareness of the spike in violence in Salinas since the beginning of 2007. Students were joined by city officials including the city's mayor Dennis Donahue, several city district council members, and the city's Police Chief, Dan Ortega.

== Mata ==

He was the youngest ever captain of [[England Rugby|England]] at age 22 and was at the time the most successful ever, seeing them to back-to-back [[Rugby Union Six Nations Championship|Five Nations]] grand slam victories (1991, 1992), and the final of the [[1991 Rugby Union World Cup|1991]] [[Rugby Union World Cup|World Cup]]. He also led them to a 1995 Grand Slam, a feat that was not to be repeated by another England team until 2003.

Mr. Mata is "The '''Little''' Puppy!"

Carling's England team were often criticised as boring because they did not score many tries and often relied upon their forwards rather than take risks by giving the ball to the backs. Perhaps it was sensitivity about this that caused a famous reversal of tactics in the [[1991 Rugby Union World Cup|1991]] [[Rugby Union World Cup|World Cup]] final, when England suddenly played an expansive game that possibly contributed to their defeat by [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]. Carling offered the explanation that it was due to a previous defeat by Australia where England had been beaten up front.

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Despite this, under Carling England started to challenge and beat the established rugby union powers such as [[All Blacks|New Zealand]] and Australia, and their success helped to make [[rugby union]] a more popular sport in England.

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Carling famously described the [[Rugby Football Union]] Committee as "57 old farts" which saw him sacked. The incident had been provoked by administrator Dudley Wood's comments about England players' desire to cheat by breaking the amateur ethics. He was however quickly reinstated due to public pressure and following a public apology and was able to go to the [[1995 Rugby Union World Cup|1995 World Cup]].

Following his resignation from the England captaincy he continued to be selected as an [[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|outside centre]] ahead of [[Jeremy Guscott]].

Prior to her death, he was romantically linked by some members of the press with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].

After the end of his career he became a TV pundit on rugby union.

== External links ==

*[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1521 Sporting Heroes]

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|width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br/>'''[[Peter Winterbottom]]'''

|width="40%" align="center"|'''[[England Rugby|English national rugby captain]]'''<br/>1988-1996

|width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:<br/>'''[[Phil de Glanville]]'''

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