- England push Ireland close despite second-minute red card
- ‘We’ll get ourselves right and rip into France’
Eddie Jones has questioned why Ireland were not shown a yellow card as a result of England’s scrum dominance in his side’s 32-15 loss but believes the gallant defeat – in which they played 78 minutes with 14 men – could be the making of their 2023 World Cup campaign.
Jones had no complaints over Charlie Ewels’ second-minute red card and was full of pride for his side’s effort but believes Mathieu Raynal, the French referee, should have meted out stricter punishment to Ireland’s serial offenders at the scrum.
