Handshakes and Hugs As Robinson Sidesteps an Unwanted Place in History

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ANDY ROBINSON'S relief shone in his eyes as he stood on the perimeter of the pitch last night, greeting the men who had spared him being condemned as the worst coach in the history of English rugby.

With a hug here, a handshake there, Robinson searched out the players who had ended a run of seven consecutive defeats. He wore a smile for the first time in this autumn series of his worst nightmares as he looked into the eyes of the big men, like Martin Corry, Phil Vickery, Josh Lewsey and Tom Palmer, who had rescued England; and who had saved him into the bargain.

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Handshakes and Hugs As Robinson Sidesteps an Unwanted Place in History

'Thank you,' he mouthed as the England players left the field to rapturous applause, a symphony to be savoured after being booed from the premise...

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