After three straight wins, former England coach Andy Robinson is loving life north of the border – and Scotland enjoys having him around. The Guardian's Mike Averis reports.
"Not many Englishmen treat Murrayfield as their home from home but Andy Robinson was bouncing around its business suites and conference rooms this week like a man who owns the place.
A television interview here, radio over there, a few pictures for the sponsors and the local newspapers before he ran through his side to play the All Blacks tomorrow with a dozen rugby correspondents, beaming at their questions, playfully side-stepping anything too obviously barbed. Was he worried that … "No." Did he have any qualms about … "No."
It helps if you are basking in the glow of three straight wins and all away from home – rare indeed if you are the Scotland coach – but for anyone who remembers his final days looking after England it was hard not to make comparisons. The eyes are still hooded, but now they sit above a semi-permanent smile, even when the questioning comes from those based south of the border. A year on from his first game in charge of the full Scotland team and Robinson is clearly enjoying the experience. More importantly, Scotland clearly enjoys having him around."
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