CAPTAIN Alun Wyn Jones revealed that it was his kickers that turned down a kick at goal to draw level in favour of going for the corner at a pivotal point in Wales’ 29-13 loss in Scotland.

The Scots were leading 16-13 at Murrayfield when the visitors were awarded a penalty wide on the left flank with half an hour left of the Six Nations tussle.

Lock Jones initially told referee John Lacey that he wanted to go for goal but there was then a change of plan with the Irish official allowing fly-half Dan Biggar to boot the ball to within five metres of the Scottish line.

They then opted for a 13-man lineout but were pinged for obstruction and Scotland escaped before stretching clear for a first win against Wales since 2007.

Captain Jones was asked after the game whether on reflection he should have pointed for the sticks with Leigh Halfpenny getting the chance to add to his two penalties and a conversion.

“I would have liked to,” he replied. “The kickers didn’t want to, so we went for the corner.

“Then I got done for blocking at the back of the lift, but I would have liked to have gone for the three.”

Former skipper Sam Warburton said it was the right call to go for a seven-pointer but lamented their execution.

“When you are within the 15-metres in the 22 it’s quite a difficult kick and it’s a 50/50 decision whether to go for the posts or the corner,” said the flanker.

“It was a bold decision and the right one. We went for a 13-man lineout, which has been successful for us in the past, and if we executed that properly we would have gone over.

“You very rarely get five-metre lineouts and it was a good opportunity for something we’ve been doing on the training field but our execution wasn’t good enough.

“Playing against a good Scottish team we had to get tries, we had to get something more than three points and I back that decision.”