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Published 22:44 11 Feb 2017 GMT
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After successfully negotiating two very difficult matches against France and Wales, Jones can look forward to welcoming Conor O'Shea's Italy to Twickenham in two weeks time.
Jones was speaking to the BBC in the aftermath of his side's victory and he spoke about what he had planned for his team over the next two weeks.
When quizzed on whether England are well placed for the rest of the championship, Jones had this to say:
"We got a weeks training in central London next week, so we'll train hard and do a few different things for the boys. You know, we'll be right for a week's preparation against Italy and you know, it's a big game for us because we want to put them to the cleaners."Queue awkward laughter from the BBC interviewer. https://twitter.com/Sean_McMahon89/status/830505463175327744 Now this is something which we don't see too often in modern elite sport. Most of the time, coaches and management or so well trained in their media duties that they rarely emit anything controversial, let alone such disdain for one's opponent. Jones is right though, after seeing Ireland put up a score against Italy this weekend, then England will have to do the same. But the question remains, does Jones take this a bit too far in terms of his honesty? We can't imagine Joe Schmidt or any of the other Six Nations coaches coming out with a line like that. One thing is for sure, this comment will not go unnoticed by the Italian staff and players, especially head coach O'Shea.
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