Six Nations: Stuart Lancaster says England are on the up despite losing to Wales
Sunday 17 March 2013 12:19, UK
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Head coach Stuart Lancaster admitted England's inexperience cost them the Six Nations title but the long term outlook remained rosy.
Lessons
With 10 England players competing in the Millennium for the first time on Saturday, Lancaster maintained that, while building a side for 2015, he does not have a "youth policy".
Woodward backed the head coach to learn all the right lessons from their Welsh demolition, adding: "I have been through it. I had a lot of success with England but we had some big setbacks.
"I am certainly glass half full when it comes to Stuart Lancaster. He has done a great job. He took over at a difficult time for English rugby and he has got us into a good position.
"It was a poor game, we got smashed by Wales, but he will learn from that. He knows he has the players and he has a long time to the World Cup still. He has a tough 12 months coming up and this was an eye opener.
"The rest of the world will look at that and say 'the bubble has been burst a little bit, we see who they are and what we have to do to beat them'. He has to look in the mirror and say 'what is the next stage?'.
"He has done a great job but he has to learn his lessons."
