In a sport increasingly dominated by statistical analysis and calm dissection of performances it was reassuring to hear Dan Cole discuss the depth of anger felt by England ’ s players on reviewing their Ireland no-show . Cole , one of the few England stars to depart Dublin with his reputation enhanced last Sunday , revealed the extent of the frustration within the England squad at their misfiring display when their Grand Slam dream was broken by a series of tactical and technical blunders . Stuart Lancaster ’ s men held a debrief on Tuesday at their five-star Pennyhill Park retreat in Surrey and the video analysis made for uncomfortable viewing . Dan Cole has revealed the frustration felt by England 's squad as they relived the Ireland defeat . Chief among their concerns was the spectacular first-half line-out fail which saw England hooker Dylan Hartley throw straight to 6ft 10in Ireland lock Devin Toner at the back when a clean catch and drive would have almost certainly yielded points . England ’ s repeated disciplinary infringements also led to a 13 to eight penalty deficit and Cole admits watching the match again was deeply frustrating . ‘ There is room for emotion because you are frustrated with the game and there were a few things we ’ ve gone over , ’ he said . ‘ We didn ’ t plan to do a lot of the stuff that we did . Trust me we didn ’ t train what we did at the weekend . We didn ’ t do that on the training field . ‘ There is that frustration and it comes out in anger or whatever from coaches and players because they are frustrated in that regard . It is not just a cool , calm dissection – sometimes it is but if a point needs to be raised it is talked about . England failed to take their chances and made some basic errors , before being punished by the Irish . ‘ It was interesting , it was good , it was honest . I think there were some areas – a lot of areas obviously – where we didn ’ t perform like we should have done. ’ Ireland outmanoeuvred England by denying them scrummaging opportunities and by failing to implement the expected ‘ choke tackle ’ , therefore denying the visitors the chance to play to their strengths . Their British Lion half-back pair of Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray controlled field position with some outstanding tactical kicking . When England did have a chance to gain a foothold in the game , Hartley ’ s wayward throw to Toner cost them dear after George Ford opted to kick a kickable penalty to the corner . Cole was one of the few Englishmen to come out of the defeat in Dublin with any credit . ‘ That line-out was a frustration . In international rugby if you get a set piece in the opposition 22 and especially 5m out you have to take it , ’ Cole added . ‘ You don ’ t really get another chance like that against sides like Ireland , and we didn ’ t really get one . I ’ m not saying that the game changed on that but it was an emotional swing . 'They steal the ball and the crowd lifts up . You score there and it is a different mentality . It wasn ’ t the reason we lost the game but next time we ’ ll probably throw away from the 6ft 10 bloke with long arms ! ’ The England prop will hope his side can bounce back against Scotland at Twickenham next week . While South African referee Craig Joubert took exception to much of England ’ s work at the break down , Lancaster and his team hope Frenchman Romain Poite will be more forgiving at Twickenham against unfancied Scotland next Saturday . Cole added : ‘ Referees have their strengths and weaknesses , just like players do . Set-piece , open play , some refs will let you play stuff , others won ’ t . There is a variance but it is a case of being as clean as you can . If you are positive in your actions , you will be on the right side of the referee . ’
Scotland lost to Ireland 19-9 last week in Dublin . Dan Cole reveals the frustration after players watched video back . Game went against Scotland 's plans as mistakes let them down . Scotland will hope to respond against England next week at Twickenham .