Edinburgh: England coach Eddie Jones refrained from commenting on a late penalty attempt that proved decisive in Saturday’s defeat against Scotland, but said the 20-17 scoreline reflects tight margins in Test rugby. Is.
Scotland were awarded a penalty attempt in the 66th minute after England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie batted the ball to prevent a possible Scottish score and conceded not only their side’s seven-point lead but also themselves. Also got the yellow card and sent it to Sinbin for 10 crucial minutes.
This proved to be an important decision by New Zealand referee Ben O’Keefe, but Jones avoided questions in a post-match news conference about what he thought of the call.
“Wait video mate, it’s coming out. I’ve got the production team on it now. It’s called ‘Rope in Love With You’,” he joked of last year’s controversial video by South Africa coach Rasi Erasmus Blows up, which separated referee decisions during the British and Irish Lions tour and which subsequently led to him being banned from World Rugby.
This is all Jones would say about a crucial moment that allowed Scotland to come back and then win the match with a late penalty from Finn Russell.
“We are deeply disappointed that we lost. But let’s make it clear that Scotland deserved to win. But I thought we were dominating the game. But at the end of the game we didn’t get points from dominance,” Jones said at a news conference.
“Rugby is a very easy game. When you dominate, you get points and in the end you get enough points to stay ahead of the opposition.
“But yes, it is difficult for us to start the tournament like this. We had prepared really well. I thought we played very objectively. A lot of drive, a lot of determination,” he said, adding attention will be immediately drawn to next weekend’s clashes in Italy.
“We played well, we didn’t get the result. In our last match against South Africa, we got a penalty in the end and won. They (Scotland) got a penalty in the end this time. And that is the tightness of Test match rugby. We weren’t good enough tonight,” Jones said.
(Written by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Christian Rednage)
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