Robinson back for Six Nations

FORMER rugby league star Robinson is back in the international fold 15 months after announcing his retirement from Test rugby.

The 32-year-old Sale Sharks fullback won 39 caps before quitting the international game in September 2005. Uncapped quartet Andy Farrell, Shane Geraghty, Tom Rees and Dan Ward-Smith have also been selected by new head coach Brian Ashton.Wasps prop Vickery replaces Leicester loose forward Corry, whose 14 Tests in charge included the record run of eight straight defeats that ultimately cost former head coach Andy Robinson his job.There is no place in the squad for veteran Wasps number eight Lawrence Dallaglio and nor does he feature in the England Saxons (A side).That squad does include World Cup winners Ben Cohen, Ben Kay and Richard Hill.There are six changes in all to the elite player squad announced last August with Robinson, Hill, Ward-Smith, Paul Sackey, Matt Stevens and Alex Brown all selected.Dallaglio, Mark Van Gisbergen and Simon Shaw are dropped, while Charlie Hodgson, Andrew Sheridan, and Michael Lipman are all injured.The senior squad will train at Twickenham from January 22-24.England get their Six Nations campaign under way against Scotland at Twickenham on February 3 looking to avenge last year’s shock defeat at Murrayfield.England squad for the 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship: Backs: I Balshaw (Gloucester), M Catt (London Irish), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), H Ellis (Leicester), A Farrell (Saracens), T Flood (Newcastle), S Geraghty (London Irish), J Lewsey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), S Perry (Bristol), J Robinson (Sale Sharks), P Richards (Gloucester), P Sackey (Wasps), M Tait (Newcastle), M Tindall (Gloucester), J Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons).Forwards: A Brown (Gloucester), G Chuter (Leicester), M Corry (Leicester), L Deacon (Leicester), P Freshwater (Perpignan), D Grewcock (Bath), M Lund (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Payne (Wasps), T Palmer (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps), S Thompson (Northampton), P Vickery (Wasps, capt), D Ward-Smith (Bristol), J White (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps).Sky SportsUncapped quartet Andy Farrell, Shane Geraghty, Tom Rees and Dan Ward-Smith have also been selected by new head coach Brian Ashton.Wasps prop Vickery replaces Leicester loose forward Corry, whose 14 Tests in charge included the record run of eight straight defeats that ultimately cost former head coach Andy Robinson his job.There is no place in the squad for veteran Wasps number eight Lawrence Dallaglio and nor does he feature in the England Saxons (A side).That squad does include World Cup winners Ben Cohen, Ben Kay and Richard Hill.There are six changes in all to the elite player squad announced last August with Robinson, Hill, Ward-Smith, Paul Sackey, Matt Stevens and Alex Brown all selected.Dallaglio, Mark Van Gisbergen and Simon Shaw are dropped, while Charlie Hodgson, Andrew Sheridan, and Michael Lipman are all injured.The senior squad will train at Twickenham from January 22-24.England get their Six Nations campaign under way against Scotland at Twickenham on February 3 looking to avenge last year’s shock defeat at Murrayfield.England squad for the 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship: Backs: I Balshaw (Gloucester), M Catt (London Irish), M Cueto (Sale Sharks), H Ellis (Leicester), A Farrell (Saracens), T Flood (Newcastle), S Geraghty (London Irish), J Lewsey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), S Perry (Bristol), J Robinson (Sale Sharks), P Richards (Gloucester), P Sackey (Wasps), M Tait (Newcastle), M Tindall (Gloucester), J Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons).Forwards: A Brown (Gloucester), G Chuter (Leicester), M Corry (Leicester), L Deacon (Leicester), P Freshwater (Perpignan), D Grewcock (Bath), M Lund (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Payne (Wasps), T Palmer (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps), S Thompson (Northampton), P Vickery (Wasps, capt), D Ward-Smith (Bristol), J White (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps).Sky Sports

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