Jones urges England to become world's best
England head coach Eddie Jones has urged his side to go and create history and become the best side in the world.
England reached a fourth Rugby World Cup final having beaten reigning champions New Zealand in the semi-finals of the competition.
They will be looking to win the tournament for a second time, having last lifted the Webb Ellis Trophy in 2003, and Jones says the opportunity to become world champions is there for his side.
"We've come here to be the world's best and we haven't done that yet, so that's where we need to go,” he said. "We've got another week in the comp so we are excited about that and the prospect of working hard and seeing where we can take our game and how we can get better.”
England made a blistering start to the game, scoring after 98 seconds and Jones praised his side for their performance in Yokohama, limiting New Zealand to just one converted try.
"Whenever you play against New Zealand, you're never happy,” he said. You might beat them on the score board but you never really beat them. They kept coming at us and we needed to dig deep and a find a bit extra.
"Our tactical discipline was pleasing, if you try and play New Zealand at their game you will come off second best and we stuck to our game plan really well.
“Early in the game when we got some quick ball we loosened up and I thought we missed a couple of opportunities to score but the discipline of our players was outstanding in attack and defence."
Jones added: "The forwards played really well, Steve Borthwick and Neal Hatley do a fantastic job with those forwards. They are well-drilled and tactically aware and we were playing against a side with four lineout jumpers.”
England will now face either Wales or South Africa in next Saturday’s final and Jones has urged the side to continue to aspire to be better.
"It's a matter of taking our opportunities, we left two tries out there and we had two disallowed, and to win a World Cup you have got to take those,” he said.
"Our expectation is the most important thing and we are just trying to get better.
"You want to go right to the death and we're in the death now. We've got another week to enjoy ourselves and work as a team. Our players made a commitment to each other that they'd enjoy the World Cup and I think we're seeing that.”
