England vs Australia: Eddie Jones 'hell-bent' on toppling New Zealand as world's best team

Jones said his side are still nowhere near as good as England's 2003 world champions

Eddie Jones believes England don't have any world-class players yet (Getty)

Eddie Jones insists he is “hell-bent” on overtaking New Zealand as the best team in the world after England completed their perfected year with victory over Australia at Twickenham.

Jonathan Joseph touched down twice, with Marland Yarde and Ben Youngs also scoring, as England ran in four tries to complete a 37-21 win over the Wallabies – their fourth of 2016.

It was not all plain sailing though as Australia ran into a 10-0 lead and kept 13-10 ahead at half time as England struggled to keep pace with their relentless attack.

However, it was a different story in the second half as England ran in 24 points to Australia’s five in response and Jones was delighted with the way his players cleared their heads and pulled out a performance.

“Australia came out hard and we knew they were going to do that,” said Jones. “They played some very good rugby and we just had to hang in there and get to half time.

“We recuperated, got our heads together and in a better space then in the second half did the basics very well. To win the second half 24-5 is a really fair effort.

“I was really pleased with our composure, our ability to adapt. It was a big step forward but we won’t get too carried away.”

The 13 consecutive wins since Jones took charge of England have lifted them to second in the world rankings, behind the All Blacks, who were robbed of their own perfect year by Ireland’s stunning win in Chicago last month.

And Jones refused to be satisfied with his start to life at Twickenham, insisting he won’t be happy until England are the best team in the world – and world champions.

“There is still a hell of a lot of work to do become the best team in the world and the players know that,” Jones added. We’re developing a real desire to go there though.

“We’re only the number two team in the world and we want to be number one and we have a long way to go before we achieve that.

“But we are hell-bent on achieving that. We’ve got the talent here, it’s just whether we get the desire and cohesion.

“We’ve got until November 2, 2019 at 8pm Japan time to get ready. We want to be at our best that night – we’ve got 1020 days.”

Jones also insisted that his current side are still a long way off Sir Clive Woodward’s 2003 world champions and that as it stands not a single member of his team could be considered ‘world class’.

Eddie Jones insisted there is still plenty of work to be done (Getty)

“Just because we’ve won 13 games, there still isn’t one player here that would automatically be picked in a world XV,” he said.

“There’s no world-class player but we’re moving in the right direction.

“I think the 2003 are much better than we are at the moment. They could win in any number of ways and had a very, very consistent scrum and lineout and we don’t have that yet, but we’re getting there.”