SIX NATIONS: After another bout of indiscipline left his team chasing the game at Croke Park last weekend, England manager Martin Johnson has warned offenders his patience is running out ahead of next week's Six Nations clash with France.

Johnson has called top referee Wayne Barnes into the camp after England’s yellow card epidemic - they have now received 10 in four Tests - once again cost them a chance of victory after defeat to Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

England conceded 18 penalties at Croke Park on Saturday and had two players sin-binned, after prop Phil Vickery repeatedly offended and substitute Danny Care inexplicably barged Marcus Horan during Ireland’s 14-13 win.

Tomorrow, Johnson will force his starting XV to watch a video nasty of every penalty England have conceded in the Six Nations in a bid to hammer some discipline into the team.

Care today apologised for his yellow card - but Johnson made it clear his patience with England’s discipline is close to breaking point.

“Players know if they make mistakes, not just in penalties but on the field, then they won’t get to play,” said Johnson. “That threat is always hanging over you when you are in an England team, or even a club team.

“If they make bad decisions on the field in a rugby sense, never mind a penalty sense, then they won’t play.

“We pick players on their performance and part of their performance is giving penalties away. It is an error, it is a mistake.

“If you give away needless penalties, that is part of your performance. We will speak to guys about what they have done.

“I have spoken briefly to Danny and I will speak to him in greater depth. Guys coming off the bench are there for an impact, particularly at scrumhalf.

“We need him on the field. He has had a rush of blood or the red mist in what was a fairly fractious game — he can’t get drawn into that. We need him on the field doing what he does very well.

“Wayne Barnes is coming up and we will go through all the penalties we have given away in the last couple of games.

“We will look to eradicate any grey areas in terms of players’ interpretations of what they have done and what referees have been instructed to look out for.

“I will catch up with Wayne tonight. As part of the overall review tomorrow we will have a big session on penalties. We will discuss it and we have to keep hammering away.

“Players have to learn to cope with pressure and if you are giving away silly penalties then you don’t have a leg to stand on.”

Care will not be present at the video session in England’s temporary base near Leeds having been released along with 16 other players for club duty this weekend.

Johnson also pointed the finger at Vickery, who was sin-binned for a technical offence despite repeated warning from referee Craig Joubert.

He said: “Ten yellow cards doesn’t embarrass me, it disappoints me because it is costing us opportunities to win games. Did Phil Vickery listen to the referee? Probably not. Did he deserve a yellow card? He probably did.”

Johnson insisted he is the right man to correct England’s recent problems with authority and end their run of just two wins - against the Pacific Islanders and Italy - in eight Tests.

“It hasn’t shaken my belief in what we are doing. If anything, it has proven that if we execute the game plan it has put us in a position to win matches,” he said. “I thought against Ireland and against Wales at times we produced quite a lot of quick ball. We produced the best break of the game, we created space and attacked the space at times pretty well.

“Our defence through the championship has been strong. We have lost the last two Tests by a combined total of eight points.

“It makes it more frustrating. If you are getting ripped apart you expect the penalty count to be higher but we haven’t been.”