Sunday 4 October 2015 16:25, UK
Stuart Lancaster refused to confirm whether he would remain as England head coach beyond their final World Cup match against Uruguay.
England were dumped out of the World Cup on Saturday night following a 33-13 defeat to Australia at Twickenham, making them the first hosts in the history of the competition to be eliminated before the knockout stage begins.
However Lancaster, whose contract with the RFU runs until 2020, was clear that a decision over his future would not be taken before next Saturday's match with Uruguay in Manchester.
"All things are being considered, but not now for me. As Ian [Ritchie] said I have just been in front of the management team in the hotel and said 'we've got a game to play on Saturday'," he said.
"It is not the time to make a decision like that. Like I said I need to get the team ready for the game with Uruguay on Saturday and that's my priority."
Lancaster also denied that he had come under pressure from members of his own management team to drop fly-half George Ford.
"No, I can put that one to bed. The decisions that we make on selection are collective and are ultimately my responsibility," he added.
"I think Owen [Farrell] played really well in the first half in this game and George is a great player as well.
"There is no division in the coaching team and there's nothing that needs to be looked into in that regard. It is my decision on selection finally."
When asked to explain why he felt England had fallen at the first hurdle, Lancaster was reluctant to lay any blame with his side.
"We played some good rugby leading up to it. It was always going to be a tough pool. When you saw the draw, you thought there's going to be a good team going out here," he said.
"I thought it was two good teams playing yesterday. I don't think we've become a bad team, I think we've got a lot of good young players in the team, the foundations are strong.
"But clearly we were not ready to win and get out of this pool. I am not going to hide behind anything, credit to Wales and Australia and apologies to everyone else as I am absolutely gutted."
