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Eddie Jones claimed Wales could have received red cards in two separate instances during their defeat at Twickenham.

Wales were beaten 33-19 in London but Jones feels they were lucky to keep 15 men on the field at all times.

He wouldn't explicitly reveal which incidents he was talking about, despite being pressed a number of times.

But he pointed to Scott Barrett's red card for a high tackle in New Zealand's defeat to Australia yesterday as raising an important issue for the game.

During the match at Twickenham, Aled Davies was penalised for a high shot on George Ford and Ross Moriarty produced a borderline shot on Piers Francis.

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"There was an issue with the referee," said Jones. "We saw a red card yesterday that affected the game.

"We need to get some consistency in that area of the game.

"In a World Cup, if you lose a player to a red card as New Zealand did yesterday, it makes the game very difficult.

"We saw, I thought, two instances today when that could have happened.

"I urge World Rugby, although I don’t think they do anything at great pace, to get some consistency in that area.

"Otherwise, we’re going to have games that are destroyed by an inconsistent official, making a decision on a law that’s not clear."

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Scrum-half Davies was penalised for his tackle on Ford, and Moriarty's tackle was cleared after referee Mathieu Raynal consulted his TMO.

On the Barrett incident yesterday, he said: "I thought it was ridiculous. A bloke gets tackled, he goes in to be second man, the shoulder hits his head and he gets a red card. We can’t have that in the game.

"There has to be some common sense applied and maybe common sense was applied really well today.

"But what I’m saying is that we need consistency in common sense. It’s important for the game."