Former England winger Jason Robinson has set Steve Borthwick’s facet the goal of reaching the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
Although he admits that the staff have “misplaced their approach” he hopes that may be rediscovered in hopes of a powerful event.
Talking on the In The Zone podcast, Robinson stated: “England ought to attain the semi-final once you have a look at how they’ll qualify. among the teams, I am so glad we’re not in with Eire and South Africa. England do not must hit 100% kind immediately, if they’ll simply claw again some, there is not any purpose why England cannot get to a semi-final.
“For the time being, there’s some soul-searching to be finished. England have simply misplaced their approach, how they play and misplaced their id. What are we? When England play, we all the time have a powerful pack, one to tackle anyone on the earth in scrums, line-outs, set-pieces and breakdowns. That turns into your platform to play off and in the mean time, as a result of we have misplaced kind, groups are coming to Twickenham and considering ‘we are able to do that’. In sport, you possibly can construct momentum and lose it actually shortly.
“England have the elements within the staff to make the cake. For the time being, they’re simply not placing the appropriate elements in on the proper time. I am hoping it was just like the case in 2007 when all people had written us off. I understand how onerous it’s once you go away the sphere and you have been overwhelmed, there is not any worse feeling, it isn’t one thing you possibly can park on a Saturday, that is in my head all week, in all the pieces I do. You buy groceries and any individual comes as much as you and says ‘you guys had been rubbish on the weekend’, it simply does not go away you. That is the drive to place it proper.
“This can be a very troublesome time for England. I’ve watched the staff over quite a few years and I believe that on this second in time, we have not gone by means of a interval the place we have performed as badly. We’re not getting the outcomes and confidence does not appear to be there. I suppose, taking a look at how we’re enjoying, we do not appear to have discovered our sport and what we’re as a staff. In 2003, we knew what we had been. We knew our strengths and we performed to them. England, in the mean time, do not know the place these solutions are coming from.”