England still behind 2003 side - Jones

Eddie Jones insisted his England side still had much work to do to match the 2003 World Cup winners despite matching their national record of 14 successive Test victories.

The England head coach masterminded a 37-21 defeat of Australia at Twickenham to complete a perfect calendar year but the Australian insisted his team remained shy of world-class status and needed to make great strides to realise his ambition of emulating Sir Clive Woodward's side by winning the 2019 World Cup.

"The 2003 side was a much better side than we are at the moment," he said. "They had a very consistent scrum and line-out. We don't have that yet."

After his fourth victory over Australia, Jones challenged his side to back up their remarkable feat of completing the year unbeaten - England were the first side to do so since Will Carling's team of 1992 - by repeating the feat next year.

England will eclipse New Zealand's world record of 18 successive Test victories if they complete another Six Nations grand slam in March.

However, Jones insisted none of his players were world-class. "It has not changed just because we have won 13 games. There is not one player who would automatically be picked in a World XV - that is, a world-class player. But we are heading in the right direction."

Australia coach Michael Cheika said England had played with a "conservative style" but were the northern hemisphere's premier side.

"They play a good game. They believe very much in the style of game they play, a pressure, conservative style," he said. "Their No2 ranking shows they are probably the premier team at the moment."