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Robinson: We must use wideboys
22 November 2006, 1:55 pm
Andy Robinson has urged England to produce more attacking width when they complete their troubled autumn Test series on Saturday.
England, crowned world champions three years ago, have lost seven out of 10 Test matches in 2006.

Realistically, Robinson needs his team to follow up last weekends 23-21 victory over South Africa with another success, otherwise speculation about the head coachs future will rage once more.

Whatever happens, Robinson might not be out of the woods, but England can at least help themselves by showing the confidence to go wide and utilise speed merchants such as Mathew Tait and Mark Cueto.

We probably got a little bit blinkered last weekend, said Robinson.

Our whole performance became narrow, and at one stage we were attacking in 13 metres of width.

How are you going to break any defence down when there are 15 players stood within 13 metres? You are never going to do it.

Weve got to trust ourselves to use the full width of the pitch, and be able to think under pressure to give that one extra pass where there is the space to break down a pretty physical South African defence.

Key to England on Saturday will be improving the kicking game that so badly let them down first time around against South Africa.

Wayward accuracy from several players cost them territory and points, and Robinson accepts they cannot afford a repeat performance in that area.

I was disappointed with the kicking game last weekend. They were basic errors that need to be corrected this week, he added.

If our defence had not been as good as it was, then we could have conceded two or three tries through out poor kicking.

Our kicking game was good during the first 20 minutes, but then panic set in and it was gone. For 10 or 15 minutes before half-time, the ball didnt seem to go off the pitch - it was poor technique.


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