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       Re: Salute to Robbo
   DIR By: thetorpedo
       Date: October 1, 2020, 2:42 pm
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       Life long Quins fan here now living in Los Angeles. One of my
       best mates from London happened to move to San Diego when I
       moved here. We were thrilled to hear about Robbo moving to the
       Legion.
       We will definitely be there for the first game he plays that
       fans are allowed to attend so if any of you are planning on
       coming out then please let us know!
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       Re: Salute to Robbo
   DIR By: poorfour
       Date: October 2, 2020, 3:58 am
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       > Chris Robshaw's career can be measured by the noble manner he
       handled failures
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       --- Quote from: Andy Bull ---
       > And it was then, in the months that followed, that Robshaw
       showed the best of himself. He fought his way back into Jones’s
       team, on the blindside flank, and, along with Haskell, was an
       outstanding player in that grand slam spring of 2016. The two of
       them played the best Test rugby of their lives that year.
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       > Robshaw was a relentless presence, linking play, leading
       England’s tackle count most weeks, doing all the dirty,
       thankless work that goes under-appreciated. My lasting memory of
       his career won’t be that he failed, but of the way he handled
       that failure. And if Jones did not exactly admit that he was
       wrong, he ended up making him captain again, for a one-off Test
       against Samoa the next year.
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       > Robshaw has been through it, and out the other side again, a
       better player, but an unchanged man, as honest and diligent and
       down to earth as he always was.
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       That's a great summary. Though I'd quibble slightly about
       whether he became a better player in the sense it's meant. He
       continued to improve, but it wasn't as if there was a sudden
       step change.
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