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Rugby World Cup | Group Stage
Oct 3, 2015 at 8pm UK
 
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England captain Chris Robshaw: "We let the country down"

England captain Chris Robshaw admits that he and his teammates "let the country down" in their 33-13 defeat to Australia, which eliminated them from the Rugby World Cup.

England captain Chris Robshaw has conceded that he and his teammates "let the country" down by being eliminated from the Rugby World Cup.

The Red Rose became the first host nation to fail to progress beyond the group stage when they suffered a 33-13 defeat at the hands of Australia at Twickenham.

Robshaw told BBC Sport: "We feel we let the country down today. We apologise to them. They put us under a lot of pressure.

"We had a spell in the second half where we built a bit of momentum, but to come back from a 17-3 half-time deficit against a quality side like that was always going to difficult.

"A lot of hard work has gone into it but, for whatever reason, we haven't got the results we wanted."

England still have one final match to play against Uruguay next week.

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