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Twickenham, United Kingdom
England may have missed out on a record-breaking win against Ireland last weekend but Eddie Jones urged them to make rugby history of a different kind as he had his say on France's controversial win over Wales.
Already the Six Nations champions, England's 13-9 loss to Ireland in Dublin on Saturday meant they missed out on back-to-back Grand Slams and what would have been a record 19th Test win in a row by a major rugby union nation.
But if they retain the title, England will become the first team in more than a century of combined Five/Six Nations history to win three successive Championships outright, with other sides having shared titles as part of runs of three in a row or better.
Jones, who denied on Monday his team had been"scarred" by their Lansdowne Road loss the Australian's first defeat as England coach told a Twickenham news conference on Monday:"The great thing for us is we've won back-to-back Six Nations.
"If you look through the record of Five to Six Nations, no one has outright won three in a row so we are in a position where we can still create a record in the Six Nations."
Jones, while talking up France as title contenders in a 2018 Six Nations that will be"tougher than this year", said:"I just look at the way France played against Wales and, if France get certain things right, they are going to be a very difficult side to beat particularly if the game goes for 100 minutes.
"You've got rotation now in replacements so it's easy! I might get fined by World Rugby now," Jones jokingly added.
