On Sunday Jones said it was a matter of time before England could beat the All Blacks and he has his sights set on developing the England team into world beaters to stop New Zealand’s attempts for a hat-ttrick of World Cup victories at Japan 2019.
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The victory was Australian coach Eddie Jones’ fifth straight win since taking over from Stuart Lancaster.
England have completed their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2003 after beating France 31-21 in Paris on Saturday night.
Their next major assignment is the tour of Australia in the summer with the first match of a three-match Test series against last year’s World Cup finalists on June 11 in Brisbane followed by a meeting in Melbourne on June 18 and the final Test on June 25 in Sydney.
“Can we beat the All Blacks?”
“It is fantastic to get a Grand Slam, fantastic to win the Six Nations but we want to be the No 1 team in the world – that is where we want to go”, he said.
“The great thing about Dylan is that he’s a bit of a rogue, a likeable rogue”.
Jones: we can beat the All Blacks in next three years.
A rash of ruck infringements allowed France to keep in the game through scrum-half Maxime Machenaud, who booted seven penalties in a flawless kicking display.
“The Grand Slam ranks nowhere for me because it’s going to get better with England”. Please note that comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language and will be removed accordingly.
“You just watch the English Premiership rugby and everyone tends to play the same way… and we’ve tried to change that”.
“The best is yet to come, we’re heading to Australia and looking forward to that”. We’ve been waking up at 6:30am and we’re still working to 8 or 9 in the evening, but you have to make sacrifices to win. I’ll always remember going there in 2003 to play on Nelson Mandela’s birthday.
“It was probably the most forceful I’ve been during the Six Nations”, said Jones. It is a great achievement by the team.
“I don’t think it’s just an Australian attitude”.
Also not missing out on the celebrations was England captain Dylan Hartley, who was carried off on a stretcher with his neck braced with more than 10 minutes remaining, but returned to lift the trophy.
“The Lions job is a very hard job and so to do the Lions job properly you have to devote yourself for a fair period of time to get it right and I’m not prepared to do that to take my focus away from England”. The other five – Joe Marler, Owen Farrell, Joe Launchbury, Mako Vunipola and Chris Robshaw – were at the Millennium Stadium when Wales not only denied England the clean sweep but snatched the title off them.
Italy coach Jacques Brunel has rung the changes, making five in all to his starting side, for what will be the Frenchman’s final match in charge.
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“[Captain Dylan] Hartley has been excellent, and the nucleus of the team has been very strong”.
