No time to relax as Eddie Jones sets sights on Australia after England’s grand slam win

England coach Eddie Jones said he was “ecstatic” to have won the Six Nations grand slam, but immediately turned his focus on the summer tour to Australia.

The Australian has overseen five straight wins since taking over from Stuart Lancaster following England’s disastrous World Cup, his team recording wins over Scotland (15-9), Italy (40-9), Ireland (21-10), Wales (25-21) and finally France (31-21) to wrap up a first Grand Slam since their World Cup-winning year of 2003, when Jones was in charge of losing finalists Australia.

“Winning the grand slam means you’ve beaten every team in the competition and it means you’re the most dominant team. Everyone’s ecstatic to be the most dominant team in Europe,” said Jones.

“That’s a nice first step for us but it’s only a small step because we’ve got much larger steps to go and that starts with the Australian tour.”

Jones said he thought the first half was “pretty ordinary”.

“Mentally, I think we were too worried about the result and not playing. But the second half was a pretty good effort, we overcame that mindset and played with a lot more conviction and courage and won the game in the end.