Ashton calls Robinson out of retirement
New England boss Brian Ashton has named a new captain - and summoned Jason Robinson from international retirement - for this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship.
Ashton, who succeeded Andy Robinson as head coach just a fortnight ago, has made an immediate impact with the first squad of his reign.
Wasps prop Phil Vickery will skipper England instead of Leicester's Martin Corry, whose 14 Tests in charge included the dismal autumn series earlier this season which produced Twickenham defeats against New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa and cost Robinson his job.
Vickery's fellow World Cup-winner Jason Robinson, meanwhile, returns to England duties some 15 months after quitting Test rugby. The 32-year-old Sale Sharks full-back won 39 caps before stepping down in September, 2005.
The Six Nations squad also includes uncapped Saracens centre Andy Farrell, London Irish fly-half Shane Geraghty and fellow rookies Tom Rees and Dan Ward-Smith, in addition to an injury-plagued Jonny Wilkinson, but Lawrence Dallaglio misses out.
Ashton finds no room for Wasps number eight Dallaglio in either the senior squad or an England Saxons - formerly known as England A - party, which features World Cup trio Ben Cohen, Ben Kay and fit-again Saracens flanker Richard Hill.
