Robinson adamant he can handle pressure

DEFIANT head coach Andy Robinson has insisted he can handle the pressure after presiding over England’s worst slump for 34 years.

The ailing world champions have lost six Tests in succession ahead of this afternoon’s Twickenham clash against Argentina. A seventh defeat would not only equal a similarly dismal sequence established during the 1971 and 1972 seasons, but inevitably raise fresh doubts about Robinson’s future as England boss.

“If I could not cope with the pressure, I would have walked away three or four months ago, but you deal with what happens. In this job, you must learn and move on.

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