EDDIE: I’M THE ONE TO BLAME

kicked two penalties and a conversion. Jones said: “Everything was wrong with preparation because we played like that.

“We knew it was going to be a tough physical game, we just weren’t good enough today.

“I take full responsibility, I didn’t prepare the team well. “We will respond in the future.” Jones went on: “It would have been great to be Grand Slam champions and World record holders, but it wasn’t our day today. They were better than us.

“It was a tight old game, one or two things go your way and the game flips, they didn’t go our way today we didn’t work hard enough to get those opportunities and that’s what happens.

“We knew it was going to be a tough physical game, we just weren’t good enough today. These things happen, we have a winning average of over 90 per cent, so we are not doing badly. Sometimes you get beaten.

“We’re 14 months into a four-yeary project, so we have a lot to do.”

England skipper Dylan Hartley collected the trophy as Six Nations’ Champions, but it was a hollow moment given this Dublin defeat.

Hartley said: “It shows we’re not quite there yet as a team.

“It is a big lesson to learn. We stilltill have a lot of hard work to do.

“It is our first loss and our first big setback. It is the first speedbump in that journey.

“We seemed to back up every error with another error. It gives us a good reality check. We are not the finished article. This will keep us grounded.” Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt (left) was delighted that so much of his detailed planning paid off. S Schmidt said: “It wasn’t the day fo for style, but I thought we played r really well in the first 20 minutes and deserved the lead we had. “Incredibly physical but a l little bit static. “It showed courage is a ma massive part of any team performance.f “All credit to England. They have been incredible for the last 18 months. “They deserve to be the title holders, and there is probably more to come from this England team.”