Eddie Jones backs George Ford despite his poor show against Wales

England coach Eddie Jones has backed fly-half George Ford to perform well in the Australian tour despite not being at his best in the 27-13 victory over Wales at Twickenham on Sunday.

Ford had a disappointing outing against Wales after missing six out of the seven kicks at the goal and his first point came in the 48th minute when he added the conversion of the try from Jack Clifford.

On the other hand, Owen Farrell is in terrific form as he played significant roles in Saracens' double victory of European Champions Cup and the Aviva Premiership.

Despite, the call for Farrell to be in the starting XV of England for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane, Jones went on to back the 23-year-old Ford.

Jones was also unhappy with the negative reaction shown by the public, despite his team went on to defeat a strong Wales side.

"That's not very nice is it? We have got to be careful of that in rugby," England head coach Jones said when asked about the jeering.

"He's a tough boy. I'm not worried about him, he'll be fine. He's a fantastic rugby player. Everyone has experiences which aren't pleasant, but he will be fine.

"I have seen Tiger Woods miss putts, I have seem Michael Jordan miss jump shots, everyone has a bad day and he had a bad day kicking but I thought the rest of his play was brilliant.

"He knew when to run and he knew when to kick and he had a few dabs himself.

"We scored five tries, one was a bit how's your mother, and the other four were scored by backs. If you score four tries against Wales your stand-off is doing something right.

"The thing that strikes me is that we've just beaten Wales five tries to one and we're talking about a guy who can't kick a few goals.

"It's quite amazing and just shows the negative reaction in English rugby. It's quite sad....I find it quite sad to be honest.

"Wales are literally full strength, we're missing 11 players and we're talking about a young kid who misses some kicks. We need to get some perspective on where we're going in the game here."

The game had a bit of controversy in the 47th minute when a spilled ball was scooped by Dan Cole to Clifford, who completed a try. After a confrontation by Wales fly-half Dan Biggar, the referee opted for a TMO which ruled the decision in favour of England.

Jones criticised Biggar and went on to add that Cole was within the rights of the game to go for the ball.

"When you look at the replay it was definitely a try. The ball went backwards. Cole tried to catch the ball. A tight head should be rewarded for trying to catch the ball!" Jones said.

"I didn't like how Biggar went on after that. We have got to be really careful in the game that we don't allow that to creep in.

"I saw some games on Saturday where players were getting on at referees when they make a decision, gesticulating, and I think we have got to be careful of that in rugby because that's what has defined the game and it shouldn't happen."

However, Wales coach Warren Gatland had a different perspective to it and was confident that what Cole did was a deliberate knock on.

"We've just got to accept the decision. To me, Cole put his hand out. There was no attempt to try and catch the ball," Gatland said.

"It was a pretty important decision at a pretty vital time in the game. Dan was adamant there was a knock-on.

"There wasn't any abuse from Dan towards the referee - that would be unacceptable - but there is nothing wrong with a player demonstrating what he feels was a pretty important decision and shows a bit of passion.

"He just felt clearly that the decision was wrong."

Jones is likely to name the replacement for injured Manu Tuilagi on Monday and Luther Burrell looks to be the front-runner for it after scoring the first try for England in the game but the former Australian coach hasn’t ruled out Ollie Devoto’s inclusion either.

"I thought Luther played quite well, we've still got a decision to make there," Jones said.

"Ollie gives us the flexibility of playing 10 and 12, so I'll have a chat to the two boys and a chat to the coaches.

"Maybe I'll have a chat to the crowd as well, find out what they think."