Dan Cole feels his best is yet to come

England prop Dan Cole believes his best years with the red rose team are yet to come.

England are currently on a 17-match winning streak and the Leicester prop has made a start in all of the games making him the team's most durable player. Overall, Cole has started for England 69 times in the 72 games after making his debut in 2010 against Wales.

During the phase, Cole also featured for British and Irish Lions three times during the 2013 tour of Australia. Despite, the success the 29-year-old believes he is on the ascendancy.

"I think the peak years for props are 29, 30, 31, so I don't think I've peaked yet," Cole said.

"You learn all the time. We're constantly being pushed as individuals to get better, whether it's on the field or off the field. With myself, I feel better now than I did a year or two ago.

"Personally I feel better than I've ever done. I can't give you any statistics to back that up, but I'm sure there are some physical stats."

Cole also credited the back-room staffs for helping him stay fit in a game which is injury prone.

"Doing the bare minimum and not touching the ball!

"No, Eddie Jones has put a big emphasis on a lot of recovery work after every training session and that has definitely helped myself and a lot of other boys.

"As a front rower your spine and hips take a big pounding so we do a lot of work like ice baths, massage, stretching. There is a big focus on that now.

"Throughout rugby there has been a big shift in emphasis on to that and with England that has been more so than any other team I have been involved in."

A win on Saturday against Scotland will help England match All Black's world record of 18 consecutive wins. The streak started with England's 60-3 triumph over Uruguay in a failed home World Cup campaign following which Jones took over from Stuart Lancaster.

Under the 57-year-old, England clinched the Grand Slam in the 2016 Six Nations, registered their maiden series victory in Australia and also followed it with an unscathed autumn international campaign. Cole lauded Jones for helping the players identify their potential.

"It's nice to play for England at any time and to play consecutive games and be a part of this team - you feel good," Cole said.

"That's especially so off the back of what it came from, so you feel good to be involved and to have played through it.

"I think the potential of the squad was there. Eddie then came in with a clear vision of how he wanted to play and stuck at it."