Today's rugby headlines as England slap down Wales furore over controversial Twickenham try

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Friday, March 4.

England forwards coach Richard Cockerill has slapped down talk of his team's controversial try against Wales which prompted debate about whether the match-winning score should have stood.

Eddie Jones' men remain in title contention after defeating Wales 23-19 last time out, but there was a contentious moment when Alex Dombrandt scored from a mis-thrown Ryan Elias lineout after Maro Itoje appeared to push Adam Beard.

Wales boss Wayne Pivac said the score should not have stood after his players protested to referee Mike Adamson, but Cockerill had little sympathy.

"We want to compete hard on opposition ball," he said.

"No-one seemed to get in the air and in fairness, the Welsh team took the space as much as the English team. Sometimes that's just the nature of competing for the ball.

"The referee and TMO looked at it and it's play on. I've looked at it a lot and I'm sure I'm slightly biased, but it's probably six of one, half a dozen of the other, and that's the game sometimes isn't it?"

Dombrandt said post-match: "The ball just sort of come over the lineout, fell into my hands and I just did enough to get over the line. A really special moment to get my first try."

Leading referee Nigel Owens believed the score should have been ruled out by Adamson.

Jonathan Davies feels Wales must continue to do the hard graft off the ball to make the most of when they do get it in their hands.

Wales must lift themselves for the visit of Six Nations leaders France, who are hoping to march on towards a first Grand Slam since 2010 when they head to Cardiff next Friday.

Davies, though, believes if Wales can work at "stuff that people don't really want to do", then they can