Legend Jason Robinson backs Anthony Watson to win it for England

Jason Robinson reckons Anthony Watson is England’s best winger and that the ball must find its way to his wing as quickly as possible during the World Cup.
The Bath flyer has been named on the right wing by Stuart Lancaster ahead of the tournament opener against Fiji on Friday.
For 2003 World Cup winner Robinson, Watson has the ability to win games for England just like he did against France in the first World Cup warm-up at Twickenham a few weeks back.
“Anthony is England’s No.1 winger at the moment,” Robinson told The Rugby Paper. “England need to give him the ball as much as they can. Then it’ll be up to him to deliver and score. He adds so much excitement to the England backline.
“He has a lot of pace and he’s growing in confidence every game he plays. A lot of other teams in this World Cup have players with X-factor players who can win you games out of nothing.
“The All Blacks have Julian Savea and potentially Waisake Naholo, who got the nod ahead of Cory Jane and Israel Dagg. George North is back fit for Wales; Ireland have Tommy Bowe and the Springboks have Bryan Habana.
“You don’t even need an overlap with guys like him. His first try against France was pretty special. He only had a couple of metres to go around Brice Dulin but he still managed to score.
“Having JJ inside him will only cause a lot more problems to the opposition’s defence and that’s very exciting.”
Robinson is the most successful Rugby League convert the game has ever seen and he is backing another one, Wallabies full-back Israel Folau, to be one of the stars of the World Cup.
England will face Australia on October 3 and Robinson is warning England’s playmakers not to forget their kicking boots in the dressing room.
He added: “Israel Folau is the guy I’m probably looking forward to seeing the most in this World Cup and England’s kicking game will have to be spot on against Australia.
“Getting the ball into touch or at least making sure all the kicks are on your terms will be crucial, because if they’re not he’ll punish you.
“Finding grass will be key too. While it’s easy for me to pick up the ball from the ground at 5ft8in it won’t be as easy for him.
“The Wallabies have a lot of experience with guys like Adam Ashley-Cooper but he’s a match-winner and that why England need one like Watson.
“Six or seven teams can beat anyone on their day so it’ll be interesting to see how things pan out. I can’t wait.”
NICK VERDIER
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