Eddie Jones urges England to show France no mercy in Six Nations clash

‘I expect the team to take another step up’ says Jones
Chris Ashton and Courtney Lawes into starting XV

England’s players have been urged to show no mercy to France at Twickenham and to reach an even higher level than they achieved in their opening Six Nations game in Ireland last Saturday. The head coach, Eddie Jones, and the captain, Owen Farrell, both sense there is further improvement to be made and believe complacency will not be an issue.

Jones is adamant his side, showing two starting changes, will be more of a handful than they proved in their 32-20 Dublin victory. “I’ve got no doubt we’ll be better this week,” said Jones, having promoted Chris Ashton and Courtney Lawes to his starting XV in place of Jack Nowell and the injured Maro Itoje respectively. “Last week was just the start. This week our training has been of a much higher quality than we had in Portugal. I expect the team to take another step up.”

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