Rugby World Cup 2015: the darkest moment of Chris Robshaw's career

[@mistavia]

Great interview but really disliked the opener. I disagree that he’ll only be remembered for 2015. Quality player that brought tons to the game.

[@onechopbuddy3849]

Totally agree what an awesome player to describe it as a failure is incredibly harsh

[@charleshughes1676]

Growing up watching england play at twickenham he was the one who though geniually looked like an England Captain, and I will never forgot what a player he was@@onechopbuddy3849

[@hywelthomas2579]

Great interview, great players and amazing sincerity and honesty from CR. You are one of life’s winners Mr. Robshaw.

[@angelb33ts]

Loved the way the interview moved

[@NB-xq4qt]

Great player and great ambassador for rugby....hung out by English rfu for failure in world cup as a scapegoat.....great player and i say all this as a Scotsman......England were the better for having him

[@icollidge]

It may be a dark moment for Chris, but it was a very positive moment for many people around the world. A game is a game and someone has to lose, Chris is a great player, and should be proud of his achievements, but lets not just assume that England losing a home world cup is exclusively a bad thing.

[@WorldRugby]

Absolute gentlemen that wears his victories and his defeats in equal measure, true great.

[@mysticproduce705]

Great interview of a High regarded player and person Thanks

[@redsidebiker]

From a Taff, your explaination resonates with a prior part of my life. Good luck.

[@tylertate3553]

Doesn't matter if they lost to Australia. No one was beating New Zealand that year.

[@darthmong7196]

Amazing how things change. So many tries from line-out mauls nowadays. In 2015 barely any. That said it was the right decision to go for the corner in the Wales game, just the wrong outcome. On another note, how great it is to see Corbs looking well.

[@ramthian]

Thank you

[@silmarienprince3137]

Good interview.

[@tomjones1424]

Crazy that people and he thinks that he screwed up in 2015. So they lost to Wales and Australia, they were both good teams. England only won the world cup once. So if you judge teams and individuals on world cup victory then they all failed except once. It so ridiculous, there's always at least six teams good enough to win the world cup. He has had an amazing career.

[@WorldRugby]

An unbelievable one! Is the NZ series win the best moment for him as a captain would you say?

[@hughfranklin3072]

Good luck Chris in your retirement, you served England well.

[@Benderboy121898]

Sure thing... Losing in a world cup is painful. Not getting out of the pool stages in your own home world cup, is worse. But why was it so goddmn soul-crushing for them? Teams lose in the big tournaments and the world cup all the time, it's part of the sport. One must win, one must lose. I think they just couldn't stand being knocked out of their own world cup by the Welsh. They've always hated the Welsh. And there's always been the rivalry.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

2015 finally showed what a lot of people had believed all along. That Lancaster was way out of his depth. It really wasnt Robshaws fault.

[@rugbydaydreamin]

Agreed. Nothing wrong with Chris, even as choice as captain. I'd place more of the blame on Lancaster and RU as cracks were appearing in preparations prior to event and was neither surprised, nor bothered, by the outcome.

[@WorldRugby]

Would Robshaw make a team of the century for England?

[@rugbydaydreamin]

@@WorldRugby Yes, without doubt. Robshaw's steadiness was just boring to watch in the era of guys like Burger, Pocock and McCaw. He performed, often very well and very unsung whilst sur-thriving the Johnson and Lancaster eras.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@WorldRugby No, but possibly on the bench

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@rugbydaydreamin The Sam Burgess thing was ridiculous. Farting around with a wild card like that. You decide on your squad 12 months before a RWC and you stick with it as best you can. Lancaster was a muddlehead.

[@888young2]

Saw him on the tube the other day

[@williampatten9165]

I was an honor to meet him this year. I would have loved to buy him a pint, even if I couldn't talk to him.

[@WorldRugby]

what is your best memory of his career?

[@williampatten9165]

@@WorldRugby I would say his championship win over Leicester in 2012.

[@thoms.2576]

✨🏉💪🏼💙 Niawen/Thanks for the good words.

[@dairet1945]

Worthy England captain, respect 🙌 .

[@WorldRugby]

Legend of the game, any particular moment sticks out as his greatest triumph?

[@dairet1945]

@@WorldRugby Well Im an Ireland fan so dont want to give him too much credit :) but the win v NZ was impressive, particularly because that was a great NZ side. Think he was very unfortunate not to get Lions caps.

[@joshuataylor3550]

Some serious manspreading on display.

[@thejomviking]

😂eyy big man

[@sanufit12]

He my best player

[@joshuataylor3550]

The only choice was for touch Chris.

[@WorldRugby]

I think no fan in world begrudged that decision

[@bru1359]

This piano 🎹

[@joshuataylor3550]

England player

[@_poweeer]

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