England winger Jack Nowell has taken to Instagram to own up to a costly mistake during his side's 29-30 Autumn Nations Series loss to Argentina on Sunday.
With home advantage and a powerful outfit on paper, England were understandably sizeable favourites to win.
However, two second-half tries from Argentina made England pay for an underwhelming performance.
The second try could also have been prevented if Jack Nowell had played to the whistle and tracked back, but the Exeter winger instead did nothing, thinking the referee would call play back for a knock-on.
Multiple replays failed to show a clear knock-on from Argentina, and the try rightfully stood.
But, despite a schoolboy error from Nowell, he showed class to own up on social media, when he replied to a post from the rugby page ballcarrier.
Yeah real poor from me. Stopped because I thought it was a knock on. Gutted with my decision at that moment. Should always play to the whistle.
England vs Argentina
Je vous invite à regarder l’attitude de Jack Nowell (14, casque bleu). Ça résume un peu tout le problème anglais en ce moment. pic.twitter.com/NQSsCatkh1
— Gauthier Baudin (@GauthierBaudin) November 8, 2022
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After the match, England head coach Eddie Jones discussed his side's performance, but seemed at a loss to pinpoint exactly what went awry.
"Losing always hurts. It was one of those games, the lead changed a lot.
"You can't put your finger on what went wrong. Structurally we had control of the game but we kept making fundamental mistakes and easy errors.
"We have no excuses, the referee, the pitch was the same for both teams. They got the points at the right time. We lacked cohesion.
"After half-time we were getting our game in place, we were looking fluid in attack but then we made mistakes and we were chasing our tail.
"It's not good enough - we realise it's not good enough."
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