Robinson wants World Cup swansong

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The Sale Sharks captain will play his last club match on Friday week but has made himself available for England and admits it would be a fairytale finish to his career if they were to retain their world crown in France in October.

"I'm committed to England for the rest of the season and, if you could write the script, it would be great to do well in the World Cup," he said.

"There is a lot of hard work to do. If you look at the Six Nations, we need more time together as a team and hopefully get the best players on the field playing regularly.

"Hopefully we can prepare well and get the results."

Robinson, who has scored 26 tries in 43 England appearances, believes that better preparation is the key to new coach Brian Ashton's bid to turn around the fortunes of the national team.

"It's a massive job, there is no doubt about it," he said.

"England have slipped down the rankings quite a bit but we showed at times during the Six Nations that we can do things. We were the only team to beat France.

"We need to be consistent and hopefuly that will come by having more game time together and being able to prepare.

"There were times during the Six Nations where we only had two sessions together or had walk-throughs which is not good enough at that level."