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Eddie jones praised England for avoiding more “psychopathic horror drama movies” on Welsh soil after a 24-13 Fall Nations Cup victory Welsh in Llanelli on Saturday.
The victory meant that England booked a spot in next week’s Nations Cup final, with France as their possible opponent at Twickenham.
However, the Six Nations champions did not get away with it, and were only 11-7 ahead at halftime at Parc Y Scarlets.
But attempts in each half by Henry Slade and Mako Vunipola, allied to 14 points kicked by England captain Owen Farrell, led them to victory after Wales opened the scoring via Johnny Williams’ converted try.
And that meant there was no repeat of last year’s Six Nations clash in Cardiff, where England led 10-3 at halftime only for Wales to run out of winners 21-13.
“At halftime it could have been a ‘Psycho’ horror movie,” England coach Jones told reporters as he compared his team’s position to one of the most notorious murder scenes in movie history.
“The woman goes to the shower and you know what is coming behind the shower curtain.
“It was exactly the same situation as the match at Millennium Stadium where we played most of the game in the first, we were slightly ahead. Wales did some things at the end of the first half to put us off and then I had the option in the middle time how we would react.
“Will we allow them to keep doing that or will we stick to our game? The guys showed really good tactical discipline to keep up our game,” added the former Australia and Japan coach.
England’s victory was based on mastery of the scrum and the line-out, and Jones accepted that his attacking game could be improved.
“We want a little more fluidity with the ball in hand, but we haven’t got it yet,” he said.
If France is England’s rival, it will be a chance to exact revenge for their 24-17 loss to ‘Les Bleus’ in February.
That Paris setback, in what was England’s first game since last year’s World Cup final loss to South Africa, ultimately cost Jones’ men a Six Nations Grand Slam, even if they outscored. to the French in the title.
Next week’s game is scheduled to see fans return to Twickenham for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, with 2,000 tickets going on sale, and Jones said: “We want to make sure we put in an eye-lighting performance. of people when you sit there. “
Meanwhile, Wales coach Wayne Pivac was frustrated by French referee Romain Poite after a seventh loss in eight Tests for his team, and the New Zealander wondered why Slade’s try had been allowed after what thought it was an illegal challenge to Dan Biggar, the host. half fly.
“Dan Biggar was clearly caught up in the air,” Pivac insisted.
“The TMO (television match official) comes in and says that, but the man in the middle dominates it,” added Pivac, who said he would broach the issue with World Rugby.
He was also unhappy with Poite’s scrum trade, where England won multiple penalties.
“There are a lot of restarts and a lot of scrum penalties that are given, and in some cases, we think it is wrong,” said Pivac.
However, this was a Welsh-enhanced screen.
“We ask for a lot of energy, we ask for a little passion,” Pivac explained. “We wanted to start well and I think we got it right after we weathered the storm, with the escape attempt.”
