Jones insists he retains desire to make history with England
"We want to aspire to be a team that everyone remembers. I think we've played some good rugby over the last four years and we can play even better rugby in the next three years. That's the challenge ahead.
"I am excited about raising the standards again. We have a great team. We set out four years ago to be the best team in the world and unfortunately we missed that by 80 minutes.
"Now we want to be the team that is remembered as being the greatest team the game has ever seen. I never thought coming here four years ago I would be doing a second four years but the circumstances are right."
Re-engaging Jones represents a considerable act of forward planning by the
Rugby Football Union at a time of great uncertainty for the sport, but with no doubts on either side the announcement has been pitched as a much-needed injection of positivity for fans.
Bill Sweeney, CEO of the RFU, said: "My thoughts and those of all of us at the RFU are with everyone impacted by COVID-19, both across the country at large but also within our own rugby union community.
"In exceptionally difficult times, we are pleased to be sharing some good news.
"We have announced Eddie's contract extension a few weeks later than planned as our focus was diverted to support the English rugby community during this difficult time, we are now turning our attention to developing plans to support the rebooting of rugby and a winning England team will provide a vital role in that.
"We are delighted that Eddie will continue as head coach to run England's campaign to take us to the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
“His record since joining speaks for itself and he has proven why he is one of the best coaches in world rugby."