Andy Robinson praises Australian forwards – Rugby News Update
Andy Robinson, the 48-year-old former England flanker and current coach of Scotland has rung the praise of the Australian forwards, following the comments made by Robin McBryde, the forwards coach of Wales.
Scotland takes on the Wallabies for a test-match on June 5 at Newcastle, and Robinson believes that the Wallabies have massively improved their game.
"There's some real quality that Australia are developing, particularly up front in the forward pack," Robinson told
AAP. "That used to be an area where you could maybe target the scrum as an area of weakness and give you a foothold and England did it a couple of years ago.”
He also added, "That's no longer there, that weakness, the scrum has really, really improved. The work that the front-rowers are doing now is absolute quality."
His comments follow those of McBryde, who had stated a few days ago that the Wallabies have massively improved their scrum, and in Stephen Moore they have one of the best hookers.
Robinson will be weary of the threat possessed by Australia, even if they have had limited time to prepare for the match. Scotland has been on a disappointing run, and it is rumoured that their coach is in the last chance salon.
Scotland had a disappointed World Cup in 2011 under Robinson and failed to get past the group stages for the first time in their history. They followed that by an equally disappointing 2012 Six Nations tournament and it seems that patience with Robinson
is running thin.
Robinson did not have an impressive international career, playing only eight times for England. He made his debut against Australia at Sydney, on June 12, 1988, and played the last of his eight internationals against South Africa at Twickenham, on November
18, 1995.
However, his coaching career brought him success at an early stage. He started his career with Bath as a coach, and he was Clive Woodward's right-hand man at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, which England won.
He became the head coach of England in 2004, when Woodward left but he resigned two-year into his reign. Currently he needs to start delivering the results and this summer is the perfect opportunity for him.
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