O'Shea defends under-fire Robshaw

18 September 2014The Harlequins rugby director has branded early question marks raised around Robshaw's new-season form and England captaincy as "sad".

O'Shea conceded Friday night's 39-0 thumping at the hands of Saracens was "embarrassing", but bristled against several pundits questioning Robshaw's England position.

The former Ireland full-back backed 28-year-old Robshaw to lead Stuart Lancaster's England side into November's autumn Test series.

"Chris made every tackle he attempted last week, 13 out of 13 and 90 per cent of them were effective: he was phenomenal," O'Shea …