England beat South Africa 37-21

But, even missing a raft of injured regulars, it should have come as no surprise; Jones can do no wrong, this being the Australian’s 10th successive win since taking over from Stuart Lancaster.

“When I took the job I had no expectations”, insisted Jones, who has overseen England’s rise to second in the world rankings, behind New Zealand.

Eddie Jones had a dig at South Africa’s tactics, but Adriaan Strauss said the Springboks “won’t get swept up” by his comments.

Should South Africa win at Twickenham on Saturday, extending their 12-game unbeaten run in this fixture, it will be a surprise to anyone who has been in and around the England camp in Bagshot this week.

A review of their flawless 10 victories this year also reveals seven have been by a margin of 10 points or more. As they tested the water in the first half, it was that back-row who were putting the wingers into space but it was England’s starting 8,9,10,12 axis that was key to this victory. They are an extremely well-coached side with no apparent weaknesses and their away series win in Australia proved why they are now second in the world rankings.

This weekend they will be facing the might of Eddie Jones and an English team that has won their last nine matches. I thought some of our attack today was good and some was very poor.

He deserved a treat after this one, but Jones said: “No”.

Most encouraging of all for the coaching staff is England still have sizeable improvements left in them. Every time he received the ball, he looked to see where the hapless Du Toit was, aware of the forward’s large turning circle.

“But I think it’s amusing when people talk about it being a big physical challenge”. You come in the fly by night and you’re not going to start for England.

“We want to keep improving the team”.

Live Streaming: Live streaming will be available in England on Sky Go and once again there will be no live streaming option in India. “I don’t believe in that”. “We’re certainly not satisfied with our performance”, said the boss.

“Having worked with Francois for the last three weeks, I was impressed with his organisational skills and leadership”, he said.

First-half tries from Jonny May and Courtney Lawes put England on course for an 11th successive Test win, with George Ford and Owen Farrell crossing after the restart.

Only previous year the England squad was swallowed up and spat out of its own World Cup; since Jones took over they have not lost in nine games and shed their old skin of tactical uncertainty. “When I’m redundant then the team’s going to be functioning well”.

Given a first start is outside-centre Elliot Daly while on the bench are three uncapped players. “Things we need to fix quickly, too”, Coetzee said.

“They must find a way to adapt and to get the win”. If they get bored they don’t want to play and when they do that you get points against them. It’s a very special stadium and we hope the crowd really gets behind us on Saturday.

After Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth went off in the 33rd minute following a clash of heads with Vunipola, England scored 23 unanswered points.

Tries: May, Lawes, Ford, Farrell; Conversions: Farrell 4; Penalties: Farrell 2, Daly. Cons Farrell 4. Pens Farrell 2, Daly.

Tries: Goosen, Le Roux; Conversion: Combrinck; Penalties: Lambie 2; Drop goal: Lambie.

Referee J Garcès (Fr).