Paul has had an up-and-down career since switching to union

Robinson brought Will Greenwood on to replace Paul at centre after just 26 minutes of action.

"I don't think I had enough of a chance to prove myself," he told the Daily Mail newspaper.

"I would like to have had the opportunity of turning the game round which I think I was capable of doing."

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Paul was making his third consecutive appearance for England, and wining his sixth Test cap in all, after starting the previous two autumn internationals against Canada and South Africa.

After impressing against Canada, Paul - who moved to union from rugby league in 2001 - found the more physical and faster-paced games against South Africa and Australia tougher going.

I'm still very ambitious England centre Henry Paul

And a couple of handling errors in the early stages convinced Robinson to opt for the experience of Greenwood, despite Paul's absence leaving England without a back-up goal-kicker to the misfiring Charlie Hodgson.

And Paul said he could have made amends for his nervous start if he had been given more time.

"The game was far from over at the time. If I was in a hole, I don't think I had enough of a chance to get out of it," he said.

"It wasn't a true reflection of what I can do."

Nevertheless, Paul insisted he still wanted to play for England.

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"They made a decision and I've always said I'd back the management up," said Paul.

"I'm still very ambitious and the experience has not put me off. I've had time to reflect on the mistakes I made but I was trying to play positive rugby so I was surprised."