London — Eddie Jones took a moment away from heaping praise on his England side for making light work of Fiji to aim a taunt at the All Blacks. The former Wallabies coach, who wants to build a team capable of toppling the world champions from their No1 perch, could not resist stirring up the growing rivalry between England and New Zealand, who avenged their recent Chicago defeat by Ireland with a 21-9 win in Dublin on Saturday. As England celebrated their 11th win under Jones, and their 12th in succession, by crushing Fiji 58-15 at Twickenham, the Australian insisted his team had the "potential for greatness". Replying to a question on whether his side will be on a par with the All Blacks by the time the teams next meet in two years’ time, Jones said: "Will they (New Zealand) still be No1 by then? We’ll have to see. "We’re only 11 games into what we’re trying to do here. Now we need to get the show really going and we are just about to jump into the deep end." Before Saturday’s kick...
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