Proud Eddie Jones felt England’s dominant scrum deserved more

Eddie Jones was proud of his players as England fell to a heroic defeat at Twickenham but was frustrated by the failure of referee Mathieu Raynal to penalise Ireland’s misfiring scrum more harshly.

England were eliminated from Guinness Six Nations title contention with a round left after losing 32-15 but they showed remarkable resilience having lost Charlie Ewels to a red card for a dangerous tackle after only 82 seconds.

Two late tries propelled Ireland over the finishing line and gave the scoreline a lop-sided look but had been pegged back to 15-15 heading into the final quarter.