Eddie Jones thinks England were 'seduced' by Samoa's perceived threat

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Tom Doyle25 November 2017

Eddie Jones feels England eased off the throttle after making a fast start against Samoa in Saturday's 48-14 thrashing at Twickenham.

England ended the autumn internationals with a third straight win, scoring seven tries to secure a comfortable victory.

But Jones feels there were too many errors from his side, telling Sky Sports: "It was a bit of a muddling performance from us.

"Started well, maybe got a little bit seduced by the perceived easiness of the game.

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"We stopped doing the small things well, we got pulled back and then finished the game off.

"We stopped doing the small things well enough. It cost us a few points out there."

England led 22-7 at half-time through tries from Mike Brown, Alex Lozowski and Charlie Ewels, with Piula Faasalele responding for Samoa, who also scored through Chris Vui.

Elliot Daly scored the hosts' fourth and sixth tries, Henry Slade added a fifth and Semesa Rokoduguni a seventh. George Ford finished with 13 points.

Jones added: "I thought Elliot Daly was superb on the left wing, George Ford controlled things well at 10, I thought Sam Simmonds did pretty well in his first start at eight.

"We don't have the consistency of doing the small things right but we've got two years to get that right."

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