Monday 8 February 2016 12:40, UK
Eddie Jones wants his England side to continue their Six Nations quest by giving Italy a "good hiding" in Rome next weekend.
Jones got off to a winning start as England head coach with a 15-9 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield, as they retained the Calcutta Cup.
Italy pushed France all the way in their clash in their Six Nations opener in Paris, eventually losing 23-21, but Jones has demanded his side lay a marker down by putting to the Italians to the sword at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.
"We control our own destiny. We want to go to Rome and smack Italy," Jones said.
"I've already said to the boys that's our aim - to go out there and give them a good hiding. Italy are going to be tough because they should have beaten France, but that's our aim."
England will look to Billy Vunipola - named man of the match against Scotland - to take the game to the Italians in Rome.
Vunipola is one of England's three vice-captains and Jones insists the Brisbane-born 23-year-old has the potential to become the best No 8 in the game.
"I tell Billy every day how good he can be. Every player needs to have a dream. As a coach one of your jobs is to give them dreams," Jones said.
"I don't want him to be the best No 8 in the Premiership, I want him to be the best No 8 in the world. And he can do that."
Jones views the Calcutta Cup win over Scotland as a cathartic moment for those players haunted by England's failure to advance from the pool stage of last autumn's World Cup.
"It's virtually the same group of players that went through that tournament, which wasn't a good experience," he said.
"A couple of boys were talking about it the other night. At the end of the Australian game they were looking and they just couldn't believe what had happened.
"That's a pretty difficult situation, to recover and then to come out in the space of two weeks together and put out that sort of collective performance."
