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Will Freeman

Eddie Jones tells fans who he blames for England's Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland

Eddie Jones has addressed criticism of his decision to take Marcus Smith off and replacing him with George Ford following England's 20-17 defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

England were winning 17-10 with 20 minutes to play following a great try from Smith, but a Luke Cowan-Dickie yellow card handed Scotland the impetus they needed to snatch a result.

A penalty proved to be the difference as Joe Marler was left to take lineouts following Cowan-Dickie's sin-binning - the Harlequins prop threw the ball short to Alex Dombrandt but the throw was deemed not to have reached the required five-metres.

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