England v All Blacks prediction: Steve Borthwick\u2019s men to \u2018get revenge\u2019 over New Zealand in win that \u2018lays down a marker\u2019<\/a><\/p>\nJones was joined on the show by fellow former Wallabies boss Ewen McKenzie, who has also been impressed by England\u2019s progression under Borthwick.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Eddie\u2019s 100 per cent right about England, they\u2019re doing well in their development of the squad. He\u2019s moving the players around but for the big games he\u2019s starting with the younger guys \u2013 guys he\u2019s relied on in the middle of the year against Argentina \u2013 but guys like [Ben] Earl and [Guy] Pepper have got to perform.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two props have got to perform because you\u2019ve got [Ellis] Genge, who was captain last week, and [Will] Stuart, who\u2019s a very skilful tighthead, [on the bench].<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Stuart and [Joe] Heyes you\u2019ve got two very good scrummagers and good footballers, so that\u2019s a luxury other countries don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you go back through and you\u2019ve got [Tom] Curry and [Henry] Pollock, who\u2019s the rising X-factor guy. It\u2019s a really good scenario for a coach and it\u2019s showing up in their consistency.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good momentum for them going into the World Cup; I think he\u2019s really got it sorted out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defence v attack?<\/p>\n
McKenzie insists that the All Blacks, who have defeated Ireland and Scotland so far in November, will be a threat with ball in hand and that the result may depend on England\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a question of whether they can contain the All Blacks and they will need to tackle like they tackled against Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully the All Blacks present a slightly more lateral attacking picture and make it a bit harder for the English because they really teed off on Australia in the tackling side of things.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is plenty riding on the game for both teams with the hosts needing a victory to confirm their progress while the All Blacks want to remain on course for a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, despite claiming that it will go \u201cright down to the wire\u201d, ex-England boss Jones believes that his former team will secure an important win.<\/p>\n
\u201cPat Riley, the LA Lakers and Miami Heat basketball coach, had a good phrase called \u2018breakthrough games\u2019. You\u2019re developing a team, you\u2019re building a bit of confidence but you then have this one game where you\u2019re going to break through and the team really starts to believe what they\u2019re doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA game like this for England on the back of 10 wins will be the sort of game they\u2019re looking for. It will encourage the players to work a little bit harder, really believe, get on the same page and go to the next step because they\u2019re a team that\u2019s just outside the top three and to get into the top three, these are the sort of games you\u2019ve got to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
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