On the eve of England's six nations match against France at Twickenham, stand in England captain Jason Robinson has refuted suggestions that his team are in decline:
"We are certainly not on the decline. You lose one game and it doesn't make you a bad team."
Indeed he is correct; losing one game does not make you a bad team. However, England have not just lost one game, they have lost 7 from their last 10 tests. This is hardly the kind of form that one can expect from a team who call themselves World Champions.
Sure, Robinson is only trying to be optimistic ahead of the weekend's match, we would hardly expect him to come out and say, yeah we're no good any more and they'll probably give us a hiding. The reality is however, that England have been in decline for the past 14 months.
Escaping this decline is not beyond them, but they must first stop talking about the world cup.
It seems to me though that there always seems to be a sense of complacency in English sport. England felt that once they had won the world cup, the job was done, they were the best and that was that. However, when you are on top, everyone else will work just that little bit harder to bring you down. It is difficult to win, but it is even more difficult to stay winning. That is the test of a true champion side.
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