For someone who claims not to discuss refereeing decisions, England head coach Steve Borthwick has spent a good part of this Championship doing precisely that. The nine yellow cards accumulated by England equals a record previously set by Italy in 2002 while their 55 penalties conceded was also a tournament high. Ellis Genge’s yellow card in the 48-46 defeat by France perfectly illustrates the cost of such rank indiscipline, directly costing England 21 points through a penalty try and then two further tries while the prop was in the sin-bin. Yet England’s real anger was centred around the officiating in the build-up to Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s fourth try – and with some justification. The incident came in the 65th minute with England leading 39-38. As Jack van Poortvliet plays the ball out from the scrum, France flanker François Cros clearly slaps the ball down. Referee Nika Amashukeli immediately calls out penalty advantage for deliberate knock on. After a couple of phases, the television match official Brett Cronan informed Amashukeli that the knock-on was accidental and the …