World Cup-winning wing Jason Robinson fears England won’t make it out of their group at Australia 2027 if their current slump continues.

Robinson, a try scorer in the final against the Wallabies down under in 2003 has watched in horror as the Six Nations has unravelled for Steve Borthwick’s men.

The legendary cross-coder has seen England’s 12-match unbeaten run hit the buffers with three crushing defeats against Scotland, Ireland and, for the first time in history, Italy, 23-18 last weekend.

Robinson wants to see a reaction in the final round clash against France in Paris but believes it won’t happen.

And he is worried that England, in a group with Zimbabwe, Wales and Tonga at next year’s global showpiece, will struggle to make the last 16 if things carry on like they are.

Robinson, speaking on behalf of BetSelect, said: “We’ve got a World Cup next year and if we’re anything like this, we’re not going to get out of the pool stages. So, we need answers and we need them quickly.

“It’s going to be a bloody tough all day at the office. But we know that sport is great because you can turn it around and sometimes it’s within a week. But, unfortunately, I don’t think this is coming. Confidence hasn’t been high and I’m not sure now where that’s going to come from.

“If England could somehow play their best game in this last game and get a result it would at least salvage something out of what has been probably one of England’s worst ever Six Nations. It’s not good but we’ll see how good these players are. We need a reaction but at the moment unfortunately we’ve not seen it. We just don’t look like a team.”

Robinson’s World Cup winners were stacked full of leaders – like Martin Johnson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Matt Dawson, Jason Leonard and Jonny Wilkinson – who were not afraid to challenge head coach Clive Woodward.

That brains trust were also involved in all the on-field decision making which has gone astray with the current squad.

Robinson, who 28 tries in 51 England Tests plus two for the Lions added: “Ultimately, it’s on the players to find an answer to this.

“If the system’s not working out right, then you challenge it and that’s down to leadership. You can turn things around, but it’s by the little things. It’s by the desperation to get to a ruck, to compete for a ball, to get up in the air, to win a collision, to make back-to-back tackles. We have to be a bit more desperate – just give us something.

“I’ve been in teams where this has happened and you have to get people to be so honest and just say, ‘look, we have to do it’. Winning the key battles, whether that’s the breakdown, the scrums, the lineouts, the kicking game it has to come down to a personal thing that says, ‘today I’m going to be the best over the ball, I’m going to be the best in the air, I’m going to take on people’. The answer can only come from that group.”