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England coach Eddie Jones has launched an astonishing attack on Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones ahead of Saturday’s huge Six Nations showdown at Twickenham.

Jones has condemned the Lions star’s actions towards the end of last weekend’s 34-7 victory over Scotland at the Principality Stadium.

The Aussie has criticised the way in which the Ospreys second row questioned the validity of Peter Horne’s late try with referee Pascal Gauzere as Finn Russell was lining up the conversion.

He’s revealed he’s spoken to World Rugby about the incident because he feels so strongly about respecting the integrity of the referee and the game.

And he has warned that this Saturday’s man in the middle Jerome Garces won’t let Jones “intimidate” him.

Bringing up the actions of the Welsh skipper in the Scotland game, the England boss said: “I thought that was right out of order when he tried to stop the referee from allowing the kick at goal.

“We can’t have that in the game. That’s borrowed from another sport and I really hope World Rugby don’t allow that to creep into the game, because it shouldn’t be part of the game. I think it’s starting to creep in.

“All we say to our guys is just to be respectful.

“At times players lose their cool. But that was a contrived bit of behaviour. It’s not great for the game.

“I’ve said something to World Rugby about it, I feel that strongly, because I think we’ve got to respect the integrity of the referee in the game.

“We’ve got one of the most difficult games to referee and it only gets more complex. It doesn’t get any easier.

“There’s more density around the ball, the players are bigger, faster, stronger. There’s quicker decisions from the referee. And if we don’t respect the integrity of the game we’re going to lose part of the game.

“You’ve got to respect the integrity of the referee.

“All the video stuff is to help the ref make the correct decisions and the players have got to play their role in that.”

Commenting on the French official in charge this weekend, Jones added: “Garces is a very experienced referee.

“He’s got plenty of big match experience, he knows how to handle interesting moments in games.

“He won’t let Alun Wyn Jones intimidate him.

“Garcès won’t tolerate that sort of stuff. He won’t let Alun Wyn Jones referee the game.”

Meanwhile, Jones has continued to turn up the heat up on Wales outside-half Rhys Patchell, questioning his lack of international experience.

“Patchell hasn’t played much Test rugby,” he said.

“He is a young guy, he’s inexperienced, he is their third choice 10.

“I’d imagine that when Alun Wyn Jones and the guys go down for breakfast on Saturday morning, they’ll be looking at him thinking: Can this kid handle the pressure today?

“It’s a big ask on him. He is going to be under some heat. Every time he looks up he is going to see Jonathan Joseph in his vision. It’s not a great sight.”