English revenge bid

third championship in fi ve years in the can with only Italy at home to come.

Jones, though, believes he has identifi ed fi ssures in Wales’s apparently watertight rearguard . “When you look at Wales there are massive opportunities to attack them. Every defence system has its fl aws. They have certain players with certain habits who create opportunities to attack them,” he said .

“We’ve got a team who are racing. When you’ve got a champion team the players fully understand how they want to play, they respect each other, they respect their roles and they play hard for each other.” Three wins out of three

indicate England are row. “Greatness is defi ned by being able to do it on the big stage and the great thing about Saturday is that it is a big stage,” said Jones.

“Maro, we know, is a Vauxhall Viva at the moment but he can certainly become a BMW on Saturday.”

Tuilagi’s return gives them a Chieftain tank to introduce late on but, fresh to this England set- up, Jones’s advice is to keep it simple. “I’ve told him to just run, mate,” said the coach.

While for the majority of the home side this will be all too familiar territory, for Jones it is his fi rst meeting with Wales as England coach.

Perhaps that explains why he forgot Taulupe Faletau’s name and had Sam Warburton down as a No6 rather than a No7 yesterday.

More likely, though, it was a mischievous prod from an Australian who specialises in them. “Games have been played against Wales since 1881. The score is very close – it’s 58- 57 to England. There’s that intense rivalry . There’s this little country sitting there next to a big country. It’s little brother, big brother,” said Jones, pointedly.