Will Skelton interrupted Eddie Jones to insist that his injury may have been his own fault.
Australia boss Jones attempted to take the blame for injuries suffered by Skelton and Taniela Tupou.
“The biggest loss we had in this tournament was losing Taniela and Will in one session and I blame myself for that,” Jones said.
“Just didn’t get it right, the session. You never know with injuries, you never really know. But could we have done that a little bit differently? I keep thinking about that.
“To minimise the risk of damage, there’s just an order of training, and the way you train. I hold my hands up.”
However, Skelton disagreed, insisting: “You can look at anything, if I had a half an hour more sleep, if I had drunk a litre more water. I think for those things, I’m in control,” he said.
“Things happen and that’s rugby, injuries happen during the week and in games. I (might) have got injured on the weekend against Fiji. It’s unfortunate and I guess we’ve got to move on.”
