“We are extremely motivated, and all eyes are at the prize. Subsequent activity is Eire, we get a just right win and we put ourselves in a just right place” – Courtney Lawes; “There is a rub of the golf green right here, and every so often you get it and every so often you do not. If we were given it nowadays, neatly and just right” – Eddie Jones
Closing Up to date: 26/02/22 9:11pm
Eddie Jones referenced England final the identify hunt, and the ‘rub of the golf green’ in selections within the aftermath
England skipper Courtney Lawes says they’re ‘extremely motivated’ to proceed difficult for the Six Countries identify, whilst Eddie Jones laughed off ideas his facet had been lucky to be awarded a check out vs Wales.
Lawes returned to make his first get started of this yr’s championship in England’s 23-19 win over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, maintaining their identify problem – after defeat at Scotland in Spherical 1 – on course.
Alex Dombrandt scored England’s best check out within the victory, whilst Marcus Smith added six consequences with the boot.
“We are extremely motivated, we all know the activity to hand and all eyes are at the prize on the minute,” Lawes informed media afterwards.
“Subsequent activity is Eire, we get a just right win there and we put ourselves in a just right place.”
England’s Courtney Lawes says the squad a extremely motivated in the case of maintaining their identify problem on course
Head trainer Eddie Jones added: “All I do know is that there are possibly 3 groups who can win it and we are considered one of them and I might moderately be in our place than those that can not.
“Excellent win for us. Various resilience, a lot of toughness.
“We put ourselves in a just right profitable place within the first 50 mins, had a second there for 10, 15, 20 mins the place we had been a bit of untidy in our defence, allow them to again into the sport, however then the ultimate 5 or 6 mins I believed we had been remarkable once more for a tender group that is growing.
“We have were given 9, 10 and 15 (Harry Randall, Smith and Freddie Steward) who’ve performed underneath 10 caps, and a No 8 (Dombrandt) simply out of college. They’re younger guys they usually wish to learn to deal with eventualities.
“I believed there have been some in reality just right indicators available in the market this night.”
Alex Dombrandt scored England’s best check out in victory, coming after a Wales lineout malfunction
In the case of enhancements, Jones pointed to England’s loss of a ruthless edge of their warring parties’ 22.
“We were given ourselves into numerous just right attacking positions and were not ready to transform that to issues, which used to be very similar to what took place in opposition to Scotland, however once more for a tender group we simply must have the opportunity to be extra ruthless once we get within the opposition’s 22.
“We will have to were extra scientific once we had been down there.
“Defensively, we simply knocked off, explicit for that quick-tap check out they scored, which used to be disappointing. However we’re going to repair that.”
England’s best check out got here courtesy of Dombrandt when an overthrown Wales lineout in their very own 22 fell for the No 8 to romp over.
Wales felt Maro Itoje had impeded Adam Beard, which led to the set-piece malfunction, however the incident used to be no longer checked out in any nice element via the TMO, who okayed the ranking.
Jones refused to get drawn into the verdict within the aftermath, as an alternative referencing the choices which went in opposition to England in Cardiff ultimate yr.
“You will have to ask the referee. I in reality have no idea,” Jones mentioned.
Jones as an alternative referenced ultimate yr’s Six Countries come across, and the refereeing selections which went in Wales’ favour that day
“I do not remark at the referee, so we take the great with the dangerous.
“We took 14 issues ultimate yr [vs Wales in Cardiff] within the Six Countries the place they had been allowed to play when the ball wasn’t alive, after which from a blatant knock on, so there is a rub of the golf green right here, and every so often you get it and every so often you do not.
“If we were given it nowadays, neatly and just right. We aren’t going to whinge about it, similar to we did not whinge once we did not get the rub of the golf green.”
