NATIONS2017 England in ‘If you call that rugby, I’m retiring’

commit players to the breakdown, rendering offside irrelevant.

It meant Italian defenders could stand between England’s half-backs, creating confusion not only for Jones’ men but in the stands too.

England went in at the break 10-5 down but recovered to secure a bonus point after scoring five second-half tries.

It led to former England star Matt Dawson, above, tweeting: “Well done Italy on ruining this international. Now World Rugby have to change the laws because of your inability to compete at this level.”

Jones said: “At the end of the day, they [World Rugby] are in charge of the shape of the game and I’m sure chairman Bill Beaumont watched that game today and will take some action.

“If you paid for your ticket, ask for your money back.

“Do you remember Trevor Chappell, the cricketer who bowled underarm so you couldn’t hit a six? We saw a Trevor Chappell game of rugby.

“Congratulations to Italy, it was brilliant execution and it got them what they wanted, which was a close loss. But if that’s rugby, I’m going to retire.

“We practised for a game of rugby all week and we didn’t get it. We should have gone ten-pin bowling.

“In football, they say, ‘Park the bus’ – I don’t know what they had but it was bigger than a bus.”

Italy coach Conor O’Shea hit back: “I’m sick and tired of people having a pop at us. We didn’t come up with this plan overnight – when Italy do something new, it’s not allowed.” AT TWICKENHAM