ROB ANDREW admitted the Rugby Football Union had hit “rock bottom” following the publication of damning reports into England’s failed World Cup campaign.

But England’s under-fire elite rugby director once again insisted he would not be resigning, despite accepting his part of the blame for the World Cup fiasco.

The pressure on Andrew to quit has increased since the published excerpts from three leaked World Cup reviews, which paint the picture of a dysfunctional England squad and a coaching team out of its depth.

Martin Johnson resigned as the team manager last week and attack coach Brian Smith, criticised heavily by some players in the leaked report, stood down yesterday.

Sports minister Hugh Robertson has said that Andrew’s department needs immediate reform after it failed the England team during the tournament.

After trying to dodge the dirt last week, Andrew has accepted he let Johnson down and that he was ultimately responsible for the England team.

But after taking time to consider his position, Andrew confirmed he would not voluntarily be following Johnson or Smith through the Twickenham door.

“I am absolutely shattered by what is going on both on and off the field,” said Andrew, who added he was “disgusted” by the leaks.

“The RFU has to sort itself out. This is rock bottom, the lowest of the low, and it can’t be allowed to continue.

“The reality of my job is that I am not the England team manager.

“I am the elite rugby director and I run a big department.

“But I absolutely accept responsibility for what is going on here.

“The World Cup was not what it should have been. The players have let themselves down, the coaches have maybe not done as good a job as they should, I’ve not done as good a job as I should have done.

“I should have supported Martin more and we should have done better.

“Of course I’ve considered my position. There’s been soul-searching the whole time, it’s been a pretty tough 12 months for everybody here.

“Does it mean I’m going to resign? No I’m not. Does it mean it’s all broken? No it doesn’t.”

The RFU launched an investigation into the leaking of the three confidential reports into England’s World Cup campaign. Detailed contents from the reviews, which were compiled by the RFU, the Rugby Players’ Association and the Aviva Premiership clubs, appeared across eight pages of The Times. More excerpts were published yesterday.