Hodgson kicked four out of five attempts at goal, as well as slotting a neat dropped goal, as he grabbed a personal points haul of 14.

It was the perfect way for Hodgson to respond to his critics after his Twickenham nightmare against France last Sunday, when he missed three critical penalties and a dropped goal attempt in the dying minutes of the game.

Hodgson has even been subjected to hate mail by some supposed fans, and his French director of rugby at Sale, Philippe Saint Andre, earlier described him as having had an extremely difficult week.

There is no doubt that some of the criticism of Hodgsons performance in the 18-17 defeat to France has been way over the top - Olly Barkley also missed three kicks after all - and Robinson was not surprised to see the 24-year-old respond in such a positive manner.

Robinson said: Everything has been blown out of proportion with regard to Charlie, to be honest.

All hes done is miss a few kicks and all of a sudden hes a villain. Charlie is a very talented player and hes one of the best 10s in this country, if not in the world.

He missed a couple of kicks last week but tonight hes shown just how good he is, and I for one have every confidence in him.

Im sure hell do well for England in the future.

While Robinson accepts that losing the opening two RBS 6 Nations games has been disappointing he insists that he is still enjoying playing for and captaining his country.

Obviously its disappointing to lose, we dont go out there to lose, but we have to take it on the chin, Robinson said.

Weve got to keep working hard and hopefully well get a result against Ireland.