The former England captain says the Six Nations venue will be more familiar now it has lost its uninspiring neutral World Cup lookThe ghosts of the Rugby World Cup will still be hovering over Twickenham when England gather for their competitive return this week. For Chris Robshaw and others,as they await the visit of Ireland this Saturday, it will be impossible to avoid the occasional flashback to those successive autumn weekends when the host nation’s hopes and dreams were so abruptly curtailed.
Robshaw may no longer be his countrys captain but he accepts there can be no ducking England’s failure to progress beyond the pool stages. “Whenever you speak approximately the World Cup you’ll always remember what happened. Youve got to remember it. It’ll always be a big part of what myself and the other players went through – but it’s a unusual game, and it’s a unusual tournament and whether you allow that [the World Cup] to hang over you,it’s going to affect you.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com