We can’t keep getting out of jail, says Eddie

EDDIE JONES admitted England have now used all their ‘get out of jail cards’ after they came from behind to beat Wales last night.

For the second match in this Six Nations, England failed to put in a first-class performance yet came away with victory, after the stuttering 19-16 win against France last Saturday.

And Jones said: ‘I never think we are going to lose, but we don’t want all our games to be that tight. Our first 20 minutes were really good but we were one or two tackles away from our best. We were always in the game. We always thought if we got possession we could get back into the game.’

Asked what ingredient had driven England to victory, Jones said: ‘It’s grit. The players believe they can be the best.’

And Jones paid tribute to Elliot Daly, who scored the decisive try. ‘Elliot Daly is a lovely player,’ said the Australian. ‘We’re still not sure of his best position, but he’s handy on the wing and his finish today was first class.

‘It was a great atmosphere — that was a proper Test match and a proper Test match crowd. You get a lot of stick from the crowd and it’s fantastic.

‘Wales played well, they defended really well, but we had five starting players out and it shows how the squad is developing.

‘We’ll go back into training next week and then we want to put Italy to the cleaners.’ Man of the match Joe Launchbury added: ‘It was a bit of a relief. It was pretty quick and very physical. It’s always good to come to this stadium and get the result.’

Of his try, Daly said: ‘I just pinned my ears back. It was a lovely ball by Owen Farrell.

‘I was just going for that corner, I had no other thought but to run as fast as possible to that corner.

‘It was a massive moment and we really needed that try. As soon as we got it, all the boys knew we were halfway there. We’d done the hard bit and just had to kill the game off. We believe in ourselves, we know what we need to do.

‘This was my first time playing here and the atmosphere was one I will never forget.’

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones admitted his men had fallen short at the end.

He said: ‘It was a 75-minute performance from us. That was the difference. We didn’t maintain our intensity for the whole of the second half.’