England vs South Africa: Eddie Jones pinpoints where it all went wrong in Rugby World Cup final
England fell short despite entering the match in Yokohama as favourites
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Your support makes all the difference.Eddie Jones admits England‘s 32-12 loss in the Rugby World Cup final to South Africa came down to being “dominated in the scrum”.
Tries from Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe saw the Spingboks triumph in Yokohama for their third World Cup – drawing level with New Zealand.
And Jones believes the Boks won the game in the scrum and concedes his side struggled to gain any sort of advantage.
”We just couldn’t get on the front foot. We were dominated in the scrum particularly in the first 50 minutes. When you’re in a tight, penalty-driven game, its difficult to get any sort of advantage,” Jones told BBC 5Live.
“We needed to fix up the scrum, little things around the line-out, then get a bit more accurate in how we attacked.
“We did that for a while, got ourselves back into the game, but in the end we had to force the game and gave away a couple of tries.
“They were too good for us at the breakdown today. That’s the great thing about rugby, one day you’re the best team in the world and the next a team knocks you off.”
Jones would not be moved on his future and whether he will remain with England until the next World Cup.
“It’s not the time to discuss it now,” Jones remarked.
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