Monday 15 February 2016 14:23, UK
World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward says new boss Eddie Jones will be "pinching himself" after England's fine start to the Six Nations.
England opened the tournament - and Jones' reign as England coach - with a bruising 15-9 win over Scotland at Murrayfield, and followed it up with a 40-9 thumping of Italy in Rome.
Harder tests are to come, with home matches with Ireland and Wales at Twickenham, and a trip to Paris to face France in what could be a Grand Slam decider.
But Woodward, who won the World Cup in 2003 when England beat an Australia team coached by Jones, says the new man will be delighted with the first two victories.
"Eddie Jones will be pinching himself. Two matches into his first Six Nations and already he has two away wins under his belt," Woodward wrote in the Daily Mail.
"England have yet to concede a try, he has blooded a couple of likely youngsters for the future and now has a quiet week to take stock before Ireland and Wales at Twickenham. It doesn't get much better than that."
Italy, as usual, proved difficult to shake off and England led just 11-9 at half-time but Jonathan Joseph ran in a hat-trick of tries as the visitors bossed the second half.
"If you really wanted to, you could pick a few holes in England's performance on Sunday, especially in the first half," wrote Woodward. "But there's not a coach in the Six Nations who wouldn't be delighted with that margin of victory in Italy so early in the tournament.
"Italy, in fact, were very competitive for 55 minutes and are playing a better brand of rugby than in recent years.
"It was far from the Valentine's Day massacre some had predicted but England remained patient, went through the softening-up process and in the end poured on the pressure, which is when the tries started to come."
