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England have won their last seven Tests against Australia — a record run of success in the history of matches between the two countries.
Here, Sportsmail examines the causes of this dramatic shift in the balance of power since Eddie Jones took charge, with insight from two former England players and one member of the current squad…
England have won a record seven consecutive Tests against Australia under Eddie Jones
England's 2019 World Cup quarter-final win was one of many recent wins over the Wallabies
JAMES HASKELL
James Haskell said Jones made him feel 'empowered' before a tour against Australia
One of the things Eddie said was that all the England players were too apologetic. He’d say: ‘Everyone thinks you are arrogant but it is quite the opposite — you don’t back yourselves and believe in yourselves enough.’
He wanted to fill us with confidence so we had a bit of that Australian swagger about us.
Eddie changed our attitude when he came in. We had always been over-respectful, but we ended up being more like an Australian side, with bravado.
We felt it was OK to say we were going to go after teams — we’re going to be physical, we’re coming to get these guys. As players, we’d love that. Eddie set the tone.
He dropped in the stuff about Bodyline before that Australia tour and a lot of guys didn’t know what he was talking about. He showed us videos and said: ‘This is what they did against Australia — they just bowled at the bloke, trying to hurt them. That is what we are going to do.’
I felt empowered. I felt like it was another difficult Southern Hemisphere tour,
