Chris Robshaw criticises England's discipline in Paris
Sunday 23 August 2015 13:53, UK
Captain Chris Robshaw admitted England have work to do after losing 25-20 to France in Paris on Saturday night.
England were under the cosh until the last 20 minutes, bullied up front and outpaced in the backs.
They clawed back two late tries to give the score some respectability but Robshaw – who missed the win over the French at Twickenham last week – said they gave themselves too much to do by giving away too many cheap penalties.
"We lost our discipline. In the first half we were shocking with our discipline," the Harlequins openside told Sky Sports.
"Myself and the other boys just gave too many penalties away and it left us with a lot to do in the second half.
"Credit to everyone because we played well in the second half and you saw it was all or nothing. Unfortunately we couldn't quite get over the line.
"But you can't give away a head start like that and allow quality teams like France the chance to get away.
"By our standards it wasn't good enough and we've got a big two weeks before we play Ireland. There's a lot to work on."
