Women's rugby Mitchell critical of Scotland's ‘cynical actions’

ENGLAND head coach John Mitchell will seek clarification from World Rugby after criticising Scotland's “cynical” tactics in Sunday's 40-8 World Cup quarterfinal victory.

- Duncan BECH

The Red Roses setup a semifinal against France next Saturday after their pack took charge at a rain-swept Ashton Gate, with four of their six tries supplied by forwards.

But Mitchell insisted the win would have been even more emphatic had Scotland not undermined their set-piece through methods he claimed were illegal, declaring “the game deserves better than that’

“We dominated territory and built pressure on them. We found weakness and cynical actions in their set-piece and we went for the jugular there. We probably left a little bit out there as well,’ said Mitchell.

“We need to talk to World Rugby about understanding when teams are so cynical why don’t we get awarded penalty tries sometimes. That's something that I'll go through the right channels for.