Coach made statement following disastrous World Cup

England coach confirms Quins flanker will retain captaincy for upcoming Six Nations campaign

Bryan Habana, South Africa's prolific wing and record test try-scorer, has agreed to join the French club Toulon at the end of the Super 15.

Toulon 62 Sale 0

France beaten by New Zealand in 2011 final

England have cause for cheer, Scotland have silver linings, Wales are in a bad place but Ireland can be optimistic. By Chris Hewett tries to work out what it all means

Home team admit they have a mighty tall order containing an opponent without weaknesses

England's raw outside-half insists he is ready to go head-to-head with returning New Zealand star Dan Carter

Outside-half's aggression will be key to home hopes as Lancaster looks to combat Dan Carter and All Blacks

England host the All Blacks at Twickenham this weekend

Suddenly, the public perception of Chris Robshaw – and, indeed, of the coach who made an England captain of him, Stuart Lancaster – is that they learnt all they know about leadership while studying at the King Lear Academy. Never mind that the national team, still in the early stages of its development, lost by a miserable point (16-15) against the second best side in world rugby. Robshaw and Lancaster are deep in clanger territory. If Lancaster and Robshaw find themselves on the wrong end of an All Black shellacking this coming weekend, they will have an awful lot of fire-fighting ahead.

England 15 South Africa 16: After failing to take the points on offer against Australia, captain Robshaw opts for the penalty late on against South Africa but then runs out of time and succumbs to 11th match in a row without a victory over the Springboks

Goode, Cole, Wood and Launchbury can go the distance but, for all the academies, the jury is out on the rest

Coaches view: Playing the Boks you find yourself up against big blokes who don’t like you