Six Nations: Luke Cowan-Dickie apologises after penalty try error in Scotland’s comeback win over England

Marc Mayo6 February 2022

Luke Cowan-Dickie posted a public apology for his error in England’s Six Nations defeat to Scotland on Saturday.

The visitors looked good value for a win to start their campaign at Murrayfield until the hooker tipped a crossfield kick forward into touch, which was deemed worthy of a penalty try by the officials with Darcy Graham ready to score.

Scotland went on to win 20-17 with Cowan-Dickie spending much of the final moments in the sin bin.

“Just want to apologise to all you supporters for today. I let myself and you guys down,” he wrote on social media.

“Every time I play for my country I want nothing more than to make you guys proud. Thanks for all the support. Looking forward to bouncing back next week!”

Eddie Jones insisted that England should blame themselves and not Cowan-Dickie after losing their opening Six Nations match for the third year in succession despite dominating play.

“Luke is disappointed, that happens in the moment. He played exceptionally well and he is very disappointed, but all the boys are supporting him,” head coach Jones said.

“We have only got ourselves to blame. We are massively disappointed that we lost and Scotland deserved to win.

“We dominated a lot of the game but didn't get the points out of the domination.”

Additional reporting by PA Media.

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