Relentless pressure and intensity serve England and Eddie Jones well

When England face better opposition than Italy it will be harder to play to Jones’s new requirements but the more they do it the better they will get England’s display showed us what Eddie Jones means when he talks about playing with pace and intensity. There was a real step up in terms of intent and in the relentless pressure they tried to put Italy under. Dylan Hartley and his team were rushing to get in position for kick-offs and took every opportunity to inject pace into the game and to harry Italy at the breakdown.Let’s not rank the performance by looking at the scoreboard, though. There …