Friday 18 March 2016 15:25, UK
Eddie Jones says England can earn the right to 'beat their chest' by sealing the Six Nations Grand Slam against France on Saturday.
Jones' side have already claimed the Six Nations championship, but Jones has called for his side to finish the job and secure a first Grand Slam title for 13 years.
"A Grand Slam means you've beaten everyone and that gives you a right to beat your chest a little bit," said Jones, who added his overwhelming priority is to win the 2019 World Cup.
"We haven't done anything yet. We've got the Six Nations trophy, but it doesn't feel like that. Once we beat France on Saturday it will feel like that.
"France away for a Grand Slam is a great test. The first 20 minutes is going to be a good physical test, but this is also a great mental test."
England's title win means Jones has already ended the country's five-year wait for silverware, which also included four straight runners-up finishes in the Six Nations. And former Japan coach Jones is full of conviction that his side will earn their fifth-straight win in this year's championship.
"We're the better team and we have to believe we're the better team. If you go into Grand Slam games thinking you're not the better team you are going to get beaten," he added.
"We have to think we are the better team and put it on the paddock. Why have we won the trophy with one game to spare? It's not because we are inferior to the other teams.
"So we have to go out there and perform like that. If we can't handle that then we're not as good as we think we are and we have to get better.
"The potential of this team is to start winning silverware and that's the opportunity on Saturday night."
While Jones has inspired England to success following a difficult World Cup campaign, new France coach Guy Noves has watched his team lose their past two games to Wales and Scotland.
Only bottom-placed Italy have scored fewer tries in this year's tournament than France, but Jones believes Noves' side have the ability to provide a serious challenge to England's Grand Slam aspirations.
"If you look at their team, they have got very talented individuals. We're certain they'll play a traditional French game based on forward power and off-the-cuff rugby," Jones said.
"We've just got to be intense and physical to not allow them in the game. They have got a new coach who likes a certain style of play and they're trying to develop that play.
"When you're trying to develop a different game that encourages people to make decisions, you've got to expect mistakes.
"Some of the rugby against Scotland last Sunday was sublime. The first try was fantastic and if you allow them to do that back to back then it becomes a problem."
