England supervisor Eddie Jones insisted that beating New Zealand was removed from “mission unattainable” as he vowed his crew would “go after” the All Blacks following a 52-13 win over Japan at Twickenham. Saturday.

The win noticed England revive their year-end marketing campaign after a 30-29 loss to Argentina of their November opener final weekend, with the hosts operating in six tries and a penalty trial in opposition to Japan, because the Pumas one in every of their group opponents within the subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in France.

England have received simply eight of their 42 checks in opposition to New Zealand however have overwhelmed the All Blacks when the groups final met, with Jones overseeing a 19-7 success in a 2019 World Cup semi-final in Yokohama.

That win meant England ended New Zealand’s eight-year reign as world champions, however Jones’s males then misplaced within the ultimate to the Springboks.

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New Zealand tackle Scotland in Edinburgh on Sunday earlier than heading south to play England at Twickenham on November 19.

“It is a chance to play in opposition to one of many giants of world rugby,” Jones instructed reporters after the Japan recreation.

New Zealand misplaced to Argentina and Australia on this 12 months’s Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship, with former Wallabies veteran and Japan boss Jones including: “They’re in a interval of redeveloping their recreation. We’ll see them play in opposition to Scotland tomorrow [Sunday] after which have a chat about how we performed in opposition to them.

“For a participant from England it’s a nice alternative. You take a look at the historical past of the game, the sport has lasted, what, 150 years, and England have received 19 per cent of the checks in opposition to New Zealand.

“So there’s a narrative in regards to the recreation that England cannot beat New Zealand. I believe on the 2019 World Cup we confirmed that when you have the best perspective, the best recreation plan, then historical past might be damaged. So we now have a fantastic alternative subsequent week to interrupt historical past once more.”

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Jones stated lots has modified within the intervening three years, however he believes England’s survivors of that match may have a giant position one week on Saturday.

“Definitely the blokes who performed in that recreation, guys like (England captain) Owen (Farrell), Mako (Vunipola), Billy (Vunipola), Jamie George and Maro (Itoje) are going to be essential to bolster the gamers. that it isn’t ‘Mission Not possible’, that if we go after them (New Zealand) they’re there to take them and we’ll go after them.”

The win over Japan adopted a lackluster efficiency in what was solely Argentina’s second win over England at Twickenham, with that end result put in perspective by the Pumas’ 20-13 defeat by Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.

“It is an enchancment,” Jones stated after a recreation during which each England middle Man Porter and fly half Marcus Smith every scored two tries.

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“As I stated within the abstract after Argentina, the fault that we did not play like that in opposition to Argentina was my misdirection, so this week it isn’t my misdirection. It is a good play by the gamers.”

Japan introduced Farrell with a Samurai sword after the match, however there was no denying which crew had the sting the place it mattered.

“England performed very nicely and put us beneath numerous stress, particularly at first of the sport,” stated Japan supervisor Jamie Joseph, a former New Zealand winger.

“You need to take your hat off to them. We received somewhat frantic and pushed just a few passes.”

“After we can construct momentum, we might be very harmful, however we did not do this in a check that was a fantastic recreation for our guys.”

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