Danny Cipriani is right to go to Australia, says Josh Lewsey

By Gavin Mairs Published: 8:58PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Heading Down Under: Danny Cipriani says he is quitting the English diversion for rugby reasons but that disastrous press is additionally a cause Photo: David Rogers/Getty

Ciprianion Thursday night refused to criticism on allegations in a journal of testy antics whilst with the England Saxons patrol in Italy this month, but pronounced that "negativity in the press" had been a cause in his preference to leave Wasps.

Lewsey pronounced Cipriani"s preference to give up English rugby was unhappy but insisted it competence be required if the twenty-two year-old was to do his talent.

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"The Super fourteen is far some-more liquid and suits his character of game," pronounced Lewsey, an envoy for Land Rover. "He has had a integrate of bad injuries and in any case of what you think of Danny, he has got a unusual bent and it would be unhappy to lose him from the game.

"Both in conditions of the character of the fool around in the Premiership at the moment, but additionally in conditions of a little of the issues that have turn or are purported to be around him, a little of them fictitious, he needs to get away, suffer his rugby and get behind to where he was a integrate of years ago."

Cipriani certified that he did not regularly see eye-to-eye with England physical education instructor Martin Johnson but insisted there had been no descending out.

"Coaches and players don"t determine on all and you have discussions on that," Cipriani said. "There have been no sort of vital arguments, it has only been a disproportion of perspective in a little ways.

"My mental condition is to be personification for England and hopefully this move is to give myself a uninformed begin and rise as a rugby player. The negativity [in the press] came in to the equation but the main reason for me to go is for rugby reasons."