Robshaw slams England's indiscipline
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Robshaw slams England's indiscipline
England captain Chris Robshaw admitted that his team’s discipline was way off the the mark in a disastrous first half against France.
Despite bringing back several players regarded as first choice, England laboured in Paris and only two late tries from Danny Cipriani and Jonathan Joseph kept them in the hunt.
"First half we were shocking with our discipline,” said Robshaw.
"We gave too many penalties away. We didn't react to the ref and it left us with a lot to do in the second half.
"Credit to everyone, I thought we came out on the second half and played well.
"There is a huge amount of potential there but you just can't give teams a head start like that. By our standards it wasn't good enough.”
England’s next and final warm-up match is against Ireland on September 5.
Despite bringing back several players regarded as first choice, England laboured in Paris and only two late tries from Danny Cipriani and Jonathan Joseph kept them in the hunt.
"First half we were shocking with our discipline,” said Robshaw.
"We gave too many penalties away. We didn't react to the ref and it left us with a lot to do in the second half.
"Credit to everyone, I thought we came out on the second half and played well.
"There is a huge amount of potential there but you just can't give teams a head start like that. By our standards it wasn't good enough.”
England’s next and final warm-up match is against Ireland on September 5.
