Andy Robinson Opportunity Quotations

However, I have now been offered an opportunity which I have accepted and I'm looking forward to England's first training session on September 20.

For the preparation for the England side competing against the best it's important we give the players every opportunity to perform at their best. With the system we've got that isn't possible and that's a disappointment for me.

I thought the preparation for the autumn was spot-on. We are asking Martin (Corry) and the team to play at their very best, and we want to give them every opportunity to do that.

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.

Martin led the team extremely well and I am sure he will take this opportunity to do so again against three very tough teams in November,

I gave them the opportunity to go or to stay. It was a business decision first.