Eddie Jones masterminded one of England’s greatest World Cup wins then challenged his ‘samurais’ to dethrone New Zealand.
England’s 40-16 defeat of Australia was their biggest ever margin of victory in a World Cup knockout game and put them on collision course with the All Blacks in next Saturday’s semi-final.
Jones beamed: “We are so excited about the semi-final. We can go there and challenge New Zealand and see where we can go with this team.
"We haven't been at our best yet and that is the challenge: to see how we can get to our best.”
“Today was a do-or-die game. The best samurais were always the guys who had a plan but who could adapt, who had a calm head and were full of aggression.
“I thought we were pretty much like that today, but the challenge is how do we get better because there’s always a samurai around the corner, so we’ve got to continue to get better.”