Eddie Jones wants England to conquer "bully" South Africa

England coach Eddie Jones has urged his players to be wary of the South African challenge as they kick-off the autumn internationals on 12th November at Twickenham.

England have achieved huge success under Jones after clinching the Grand Slam for the first time in 13 years during the 2016 Six Nations while going on to whitewash Australia for 3-0 first time down under.

However, in the 37 encounters they have played with South Africa, England have managed victories in just 12 games and have lost their previous five Tests against the Springboks played at Twickenham.

From the current squad, none of the England players have been in a team that had defeated South Africa previously and Jones does not want his players to be intimidated by their opponent.

"We'll certainly pick our strongest team to play South Africa and will then take it from there," Jones told BT Sport's Rugby Tonight.

"We haven't beaten South Africa since 2006. You know what they are like - they are just bullies, so there's a big task for the first 23."

Speaking about the success he had with the red rose team thus far, Jones admitted that he was confident of achieving the Six Nations triumph, but was surprised by the 3-0 scoreline during the Test series in Australia.

"I thought we'd win the Six Nations and without being arrogant, I think England should always win the Six Nations or be in contention to win it because you might have some bad luck along the way that stops you winning it," he said.

"Given the players and the resources we have, we should always be in a position to win it.

"I thought we could beat Australia 2-1, but I have to admit I was surprised how well we played in the third Test because we were tired and they had everything to play for.

"It was a real credit to our players, how they picked themselves up and got through that game and that's a great sign."

The 56-year-old credited England's success to the professionalism of the Premiership Rugby clubs and believes the intense competition at the domestic level benefits the team hugely.

"Having been in South Africa for a couple of weeks and seen how the Super Rugby sides operate there and having coached in Australia, you can see the clubs here are so professionally set up," he said.

"The quality and quantity of the coaching staff and facilities is outstanding and I believe that is starting to be replicated in the standard of play.

"I'd still like to see them be a bit more attacking, but I'm sure that's going to come.

"I think they're just a little bit too set in what they're going to do from certain positions rather than having a look at what the defence is doing and having a go.

"Having said that, the game is going in the right direction because you've got 12 clubs and no one knows who is going down.

"The competition at the bottom is going to be so intense and that's the beauty of promotion and relegation.

"One of the things that sets the Premiership apart from Super Rugby is that every game here is hotly contested. There's always a contest here."