LONDON: Southern hemisphere rugby fans used to delight in dismissing Jonny Wilkinson's flyhalf credentials but there was not a coach in world rugby who would not have picked him in his pomp and Owen Farrell is a man cast from the same mould.
"He would be in the top five percent of competitive players," Jones said during England's warm-up campaign. That approach galvanises team mates and fans, though, and is one of the reasons why Jones made him captain - well aware that he was pretty much captain in all but name while Dylan Hartley had the armband.
The result was spectacular as England's backline caught fire in a record eight-try 57-17 Twickenham victory.
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