‘No job safe’ in English rugby

ENGLAND’S new director of elite rugby Rob Andrew warned yesterday that Andy Robinson’s job as head coach is not guaranteed through to next year’s World Cup.

Andrew has begun the immense task of overhauling a structure he believes has been mis-managed for the last three years.

Blame has been apportioned to all quarters and Robinson has not escaped the line of fire, with Andrew criticising England’s selection policy.

England have lost their last five tests and finished a lowly fourth in the last two RBS Six Nations championships. They have fallen some distance behind the world’s leading nations.

“I don’t think we can say ‘whatever the results he’ll be in charge for the World Cup’,” said Andrew. “We have to look at how things are going.

“We have got to make sure that by the end of the Six Nations, everyone can see that there has been a change in gear.”