Andy Robinson
Andy Robinson
Richard Andrew 'Andy' Robinson OBEis an English rugby union coach and retired player. He is the current Director of Rugby at Bristol Rugby. He is the former head coach of Scotland and England...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth3 April 1964
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We know that Italy is a good team and we respect it. It will be important to win because we are playing on the road. There were no away wins in the first round of the competition.
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I've been targeting this game for Matt. It's a horses-for-courses selection. He's got great experience and an ability to control the forwards. Against France we've got to be right in their faces. They have a powerful pack that can be dominant if you let them play. If you let your concentration drop, or miss one-on-one tackles, they can carve you up. So we've got to be astute and squeeze the life from them. We've got to stop the band playing and get the crowd whistling.
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I have got total belief in this team. Sunday's game will tell us where we are. We want to win the championship, it was one of our aims for the season, and I have full confidence in the way the team is playing the game.
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George has been playing consistently well for Leicester, and he was certainly pushing to be in the 22. It is unfortunate for him.
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I always said I would consider bringing Matt back if I felt he was playing well for his club,
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I think that it's still progressing. I was pleased with the players in the autumn. In the three games we set a benchmark and it's important that we build on that. The importance is the whole team development. It's about playing with speed of ball and understanding. If we can get quick ball then the midfield combinations will have more time to work and expose the space that we're trying to attack. I was pretty pleased with the way the midfield went.
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Jason is an outstanding member of the England team who has led by example for the three years he has been playing international rugby union,
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I congratulate Iain in returning to the starting line up this week. He is playing well for Tykes and put in an impressive performance for England A.
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On behalf of the England squad I was very sorry to hear that Trevor was retiring from rugby,
clear head stay wish
I made it very clear to the RFU and Clive that my wish was for him stay on as head coach,
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I haven't changed my view that if we're asking players to deliver performances of the greatest intensity they should be granted every opportunity to give of their best. It's not happening the way I wanted and the players are caught in the middle. We've had to change our training but it's a matter of getting on with it.
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I've had frequent updates on Andy's injury and the England and Saracens medical teams have been in regular contact,
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No, it would not. I'm not trying to undermine Martin in any way, shape or form. He's the captain and a very strong one. We needed impetus in Scotland and the bench has made an impact in other games.
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It was a great try from Mark Cueto and then a completely different try when Lewis Moody was driven over.