Corry: We've let ourselves down
Martin Corry has admitted the players had let their country down this season.
As Corry prepares to lead England out for the first time against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday, he made it abundantly clear it was time to deliver a much-needed victory in the Six Nations Championship.
Corry, who made his England debut against Argentina in 1997, takes over from the injured Jason Robinson, who in turn replaced the injured Jonny Wilkinson, said: "Every time England take the field the public should expect us to win.
"We have let ourselves down so far. The situation we find ourselves in is one we don't want to be in and never want to be in again.
"We have a massive game on Saturday, which maybe won't put everything right but it will, hopefully, go some way to doing so.
"The next step is the biggest of all - winning matches and then winning consistently to do justice to what has happened in the last three games."
Meanwhile, London Irish prop Pierre Durant has been banned from playing for six weeks after failing a drugs test.
The ban, imposed by the Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel, runs from 3 March to 13 April after he tested positive for marijuana following the Zurich Premiership game against Leeds Tykes on 28 January.
