'England heading under right direction under Eddie Jones' - Bill Sweeney

The Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney expressed disappointment over England's performance in the recently concluded Six Nations tournament but went on to back head coach Eddie Jones.

The red rose team settled for a third place finish in the recently concluded edition after managing wins against Italy and Wales while suffering defeats to Scotland, Ireland and France.

Following the tournament, the RFU provided full backing to Jones which sparked criticism from former England wing Ugo Monye and ex-Wales skipper Sam Warburton.

Admitting that the performance of England was not up to the expectation, Sweeney still believes Jones will be the right person to lead them to the Rugby World Cup next year.

"We are all, as an organisation and to a person, incredibly disappointed with what happened this year in the Six Nations.

"You'd expect more from England and we demand more in terms of our results and our performances. Our emotions have been running very high. It still feels quite raw.

"Winning two this year compared to winning two last year is not progress and that's a fair criticism.

"But we feel we're heading in the right direction, hence we were OK with that statement."

England's next assignment will be a three-game away series against Australia on 9th, 16th and 23rd July.