England’s mojo is back

JONNY May insists England have rediscovered their “mojo” after ending their tour of South Africa with a 25-10 victory at Newlands.

The damaging five-Test losing run that had left Eddie Jones fighting for his future as head coach finally came to an end a week after the series had been surrendered i n Bloemfontein.

May finished as the top scorer with three tries including the critical touch down i n Cape Town and England’s most dangerous player across the trio of Tests believes a line in the sand has now been drawn.

“It was awesome. I feel like the team has got its mojo back,” the Leicester wing said.

“In those last 20 minutes we just grew and grew and it felt like the England we are used to playing for. I’m pleased we found it when we needed it.

“There was an awesome feeling in the changing-room afterwards because of all the pressure we were under, not just from this tour but also from the Six Nations.

“You wouldn’t want to say the old England is back, you’d want to say we’ll come back better now because the tough times make you better.”

England’s highlights of the tour were t he blistering opening-quarter salvos in the first two Tests at Ellis Park and Free State Stadium that left South Africa reeling until they mounted successful fightbacks.

The most breathtaking rugby of the Jones era was seen during those periods and much of the credit for that goes to Scott Wisemantel, the Australian attack coach taken on tour as a te mporary appointment but who could now be retained.

“Scott’s been brilliant. I’ve enjoyed working with him so far,” May said.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend.