Sunday 15 March 2015 21:40, UK
Scrum-half Ben Youngs fears England could lose out on the Six Nations title on points difference.
Stuart Lancaster's men edged to a 25-13 victory over winless Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday in a match they would have hoped to win more comfortably and with Ireland and Wales both level on points, Youngs hopes England aren't left to rue missed opportunities.
"It's disappointing because the Championship will come down to points difference and we missed a few out there. We don't want that to come back and bite us," Youngs said.
We're pleased with the breaks, but we weren't as clinical as we'd like to be.
"We got what we wanted in terms of the result and while the performance was great in parts, the scoreline should have been better than it was. We're pleased with the breaks, but we weren't as clinical as we'd like to be."
Looking ahead to England's final game of the championship, when they welcome France to Twickenham, the British & Irish Lion added: "The last thing you want to do in a Test match is go out there and try to chase the game and start getting loose.
"All of a sudden you're the ones who are 14-0 down. It's probably better that we try to secure the win and messages will come on whether to kick for the corner or things like that.
"The important thing is that we don't change what we do. We have to back the gameplan that we come out with will be good enough to create enough chances to score tries.
"The game plan we had against Scotland in being direct worked very well, but we weren't able to take the chances.
"France will defend differently, but if we stick to the plan we should get opportunities. It's when you go out as individuals that you find yourself in trouble.
"France are a good side and they won't roll over - they beat us last year at their place - and they won't want to do us any favours."
