Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall believes Owen Farrell is ready to lead England in the RBS Six Nations 2017 tournament if Dylan Hartley gets a ban following his red card offence against Leinster.
Former England coach Stuart Lancaster lavished praise on his successor Eddie Jones though he admitted that the red rose team's stupendous success did not surprise him.
England coach Eddie Jones believes his backroom staff Steve Borthwick will find ways to beat All Blacks during his stint with the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand next year.
Just as the autumn internationals came to the conclusion, let us analyse on what are the chances of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the upcoming Six Nations tournament in February next year.
England scrum-half Ben Youngs revealed that his celebration after scoring a try against Australia in the recently concluded clash at Twickenham on Saturday was to give a nod to Billy Vunipola indicating their one-sided battles in video games.
England had yet another successful campaign under Eddie Jones winning all the four matches in their autumn internationals. Here are the five talking points from it.
Jonathan Joseph scored a double while Owen Farrell contributed with 15 points as England defeated Australia by 37-21 at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
England and Australia will resume their rivalry at Twickenham on Saturday and both teams will look to end the year on a high. Here are few of key points ahead of the high voltage encounter.
Exeter Chiefs lock Geoff Parling has stated that he is remaining ‘realistic’ about his chances of playing for England after falling down the pecking order following the disappointing World Cup campaign.
England coach Eddie Jones believes the run of success, the team enjoyed this year can make them vulnerable when they take on Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.
Australia head coach Michael Cheika stated that he is yet to decide on whether he will be attending England boss Eddie Jones' meeting with referee Jaco Peyper ahead of the high voltage clash at Twickenham on Saturday.
Argentina international Enrique Pieretto has been slammed with a seven-week ban after his red card incident in the game against England last weekend at Twickenham.