ROBSHAW: RED ROSE ON RISE
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CHRIS ROBSHAW reckons Eddie Jones’ England are back on track – despite smashing into a roadblock since the New Year.
The Harlequins flanker played seven out of eight Tests, since February, as Jones’ side finished a worst-ever fifth in the Six Nations and were beaten 2-1 in South Africa this summer, despite victory in the final match.
But Robshaw (right) insists the Red Rose are bang on course for next year’s World Cup. The 32-year-old said: “As an England side we have come through that – we had a rocky season.
“We couldn’t quite get ourselves out of trouble, but winning that last game in South Africa turned a real corner.
“As a team in that third game, we found a way to win. In the first two and the latter games of the Six Nations, we couldn’t do that.”