Joe Marler says the England squad have rallied behind Luke Cowan-Dickie after the hooker was despatched to the sin-bin and conceded a game-changing penalty strive within the Six Nations defeat at Scotland.
England led 17-10 when Cowan-Dickie intentionally knocked the ball into contact, stopping Scotland wing Darcy Graham from scoring a 66th-minute strive.
Finn Russell then kicked a late penalty as Scotland gained 20-17.
“He was heartbroken,” Marler instructed BBC Sport.
Cowan-Dickie posted an apology to England fans on Twitter following the sport at Murrayfield, and Marler responded by poking enjoyable at his team-mate and making reference to his personal mistake.
But Harlequins prop Marler, who often speaks about the importance of mental health after his personal melancholy prognosis, stated that will have made the Exeter hooker really feel higher.
“He is a really emotional man and he wears his coronary heart on his sleeve,” added Marler.
“Behind the scenes we have obtained behind him to say it is OK – have your 5 minutes of downtime.
“But he’s buzzing concerning the place now and he is trying ahead to tearing into the following recreation. It reveals the togetherness of the group on the minute.
“The kids are all very shut with one another and the outdated boys, which are nonetheless mucking about, all get on too.”
‘I felt like Eminem in 8 Mile’
With Cowan-Dickie within the sin-bin, and Marler on the sector as a second-half alternative for Ellis Genge, line-out duties fell to the Harlequins participant.
However, the 31-year-old appeared to delay his throw and was then penalised for not throwing the ball 5 metres. Scotland have been awarded a scrum, from which they gained the penalty which Russell transformed because the hosts retained the Calcutta Cup.
Following the skewed try, Marler says he obtained a stern stare from his Quins and England team-mate Alex Dombrandt, who was the goal for the line-out throw.
“I felt like Eminem in 8 Mile after I simply choked and I threw it far too late,” he added. “I’m sorry.
“The nominated participant [to throw at the line-out] was the loosehead [prop] if the hooker obtained sin-binned.
“[Ellis] Gengey had nailed all of it week and I assumed I had nailed all of it week. It simply obtained to the second that I did not nail it and that’s absolutely my accountability.
“It did put us below a little bit of stress. It led to a scrum, which led to a penalty, which led to 3 factors. So, as a lot as I like having amusing about it, I take delight in my work and I’m disenchanted I put us below pointless stress.”
England shall be trying to get well from their opening-game loss with victory of their subsequent match in opposition to Italy in Rome on Sunday, 13 February.
