Jones: We've only got ourselves to blame for Scotland defeat

Eddie Jones insisted England must blame themselves rather than scapegoating Luke Cowan-Dickie after they fell 20-17 to Scotland in a dramatic Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield.

Cowan-Dickie was England's most prolific carrier in the Guinness Six Nations opener, only to wreck his outstanding performance by conceding a penalty try in the 66th minute.

The Exeter hooker batted into touch a Finn Russell kick to prevent Darcy Graham from scoring a likely try and Ben O’Keeffe also sent him to the sin-bin, adding to the pressure on his team.

Russell then landed a penalty that sealed the result, although England had a succession of attacking scrums in overtime that they could not convert into points.

"Luke is disappointed, that happens in the moment. He played exceptionally well and he is very disappointed, but all the boys are supporting him," head coach Jones said.

"We have only got ourselves to blame. We are massively disappointed that we lost and Scotland deserved to win, but we dominated a lot of the game but didn’t get the points out of the domination.

"At the end of the day rugby is a pretty simple game – if you dominate you have to get points and you have to get enough to be in front of the opposition at the end.

"The result is the result and it is tough for us to start the tournament like that. We had a good preparation and played with a lot of drive and determination. We will go to Italy next week and be even better."

O’Keeffe could have rewarded England’s scrum dominance at the end by giving a penalty that would have enabled them to tie the game and the Kiwi was busy in the closing stages of an engrossing match.

In reference to Rassie Erasmus’ lengthy video critique of the officials during South Africa’s victory over the Lions