And beyond – after defeat of Australia

Australia’s try started from a scrum, which was ironic, because the scrum was the subject of dispute between the coaches in the buildup.

It’s to ensure he has an understanding of how we play, we have an understanding of what he wants and it’s to ensure the game flows in the proper way.”To be the best team in the world, you’ve got to be like Muhammad Ali.you’ve got to have that relentless desire and pursuit of excellence”.

But after taking Australia to last year’s World Cup final, there is no suggestion that Cheika is in imminent danger of suffering a similar fate.

Ella, who was an assistant coach with the Wallabies at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, said England had progressed even further.

“This team has. improved since they last met in Sydney as Eddie, whilst happy with the series win, always wants his team to move forward and they have, especially in the backs”, Ella wrote in an online column. We’ve got a long way to go before we achieve that.

“If we win this Test then we create history, so we’re aiming to create history”.

Whatever was in the tea at the break was potent as England took the lead with a cute kick through by Bath centre Jonathan Joseph for winger Marland Yarde to score a well-deserved try.

However, Jones insisted that none of his players would automatically make a World XV.

Gatland, who was at Twickenham on Saturday to see England’s 37-21 win over Australia, unveils his assistants for the tour to New Zealand in Dublin on Wednesday with Borthwick set to take charge of the forwards.

Jones is not concerned.

He added: “Just because we’ve won 13 games, there’s not one player that would automatically be picked in a world XV, and that’s a world-class player. I know they spend a lot of time going through scenarios that might happen on the weekend and making sure they cover all those angles off, and you can see they’ve done that with the way they’re playing”.

“Australia came out hard and we knew they were going to do that”, said Jones.

Australia playmaker Matt Giteau, now at French club Toulon, appeared for the Wallabies under both Jones and Cheika but suggested the former was better at pre-match mind games. “To beat the third-ranked country in the world 4-0 is just fantastic, isn’t it?”

“If you don’t keep performing, you won’t be in the team”, said Jones, who will finalise his selection for the Championship at the end of the month.

Eddie Jones has warned England’s record-equalling players they will be summarily dropped if they allow their standards to slip next year.

“We started to stop them at the gainline, the big No 8 (Lopeti Tomani) didn’t carry so much over the line and that put them under pressure in attack”.

How the English were only three points behind was as staggering as how easily Australia were cutting them to shreds before a full house at Twickenham on Saturday.

From the rubble of England’s failed Rugby World Cup 2015 campaign, Eddie Jones has rejuvenated the red rose and they now stand on the brink of a ideal year.

“If he (Cheika) chooses to say that, that’s his choice”.

Youngs said of the dressing room at half-time: “It was pretty calm”.

“I’m very positive about the team as a whole”.