Poised and travelling well: England coming up on the rails for rugby World Cup

It seems England rugby coach Eddie Jones is fully anglicised after three years in charge, so much so that when he used a racing analogy to describe his team's preparations for next year's World Cup, it was Royal Ascot and not Royal Randwick he alluded to.

Speaking on Sportsweek on Radio 5 Live on Sunday, a day after England had beaten his native Australia at Twickenham, Jones said how he was happy his team were coming to the boil at the right time.

Jones said: "It's like the Ascot Gold Cup – you're no use being in front at the top of the straight, you've got to be in front at the end of it when you go past the winning post.