Eddie Jones admits Dylan Hartley's appointment as England captain is a risk but one he feels he needs to take to restore the team's traditional power game.
The new coach confirmed the Northampton hooker will skipper his side in the Six Nations tournament, which begins in February, taking over the role from Chris Robshaw.
The move has been seen as somewhat controversial because Hartley has missed 54 weeks of rugby through suspensions, and was omitted from the World Cup squad by Stuart Lancaster after a headbutting offence for his club side Northampton in a domestic game against Saracens in May.
But Jones says Hartley will be a vital part of his plans to make the England pack one to be feared on the international stage.
"The biggest risk is not to take a risk," he said. "We need to change English rugby and get back what the rest of the world fears about England, and that's their forward play.
"Whenever I coached Australia against England, we always talked about getting parity with their scrum and their driving maul, and that if we did that, we'd win the game.
"We need to get back to that strong scrum, that uncompromising clean-out. Dylan has been a big success for Northampton. He's guided that team during their most successful period and he's going to lead like that."
Hartley insists he never gave up on representing his country and has vowed to lead England in the same manner in which he has Northampton, who were Premiership champions in 2014.
"From your guys' (the media's) point of view, it's easy to say I might not have had an international career but as a player, you make goals again and reset your targets," said Hartley. "I always had faith I'd get back in an England shirt and here I am.
"I'll be the same type of captain as I am at Northampton. I'll lead by playing well and keep up standards in training; it's not all about Saturday.
"We can look back all we want or we can look forward and crack on, which is what I want to do."