England captain Owen Farrell wants to follow Six Nations triumph with Autumn Nations Cup glory

‘We want consistent success’: England captain Owen Farrell wants to follow Six Nations triumph with Autumn Nations Cup glory with tournament beginning in a fortnight

  • Owen Farrell captained England to the Six Nations title on Saturday evening 
  • Eddie Jones’ side won 34-5 in Italy which was enough to win the tournament
  • Fly-half Farrell is now targeting success in the Autumn Nations Cup with England
  • The tournament begins in a fortnight and replaces the end-of-year tours 

Owen Farrell immediately targeted Autumn Nations Cup glory after England clinched the third Guinness Six Nations of the Eddie Jones era.

A 34-5 victory over Italy in Rome was enough to place them on top of the table at the end of Super Saturday with France finishing runners-up, losing out on points difference after toppling Ireland.

The Autumn Nations Cup, which replaces the traditional end-of-year tours by the southern hemisphere giants, begins in a fortnight and Farrell aims to lift more silverware.

Owen Farrell wants to win the Autumn Nations Cup after guiding England to the Six Nations

The fly-half played as England beat Italy 34-5 on Saturday which was enough for England

The fly-half played as England beat Italy 34-5 on Saturday which was enough for England

Farrell said: ‘It’s a massive achievement for us as a group to win the Six Nations in the strangest year and circumstances.

‘We’ve worked really hard in training over the past few weeks to get ready for the Italy game. We knew what we had to do and we kept our focus and got the result.

‘This is a great group of players, we really think we can continue to get better and achieve more for England.

‘We’re turning our attentions now to the Autumn Nations Cup, we want consistent success and we’re working hard to be better in each and every game.

Farrell (above) will be celebrating the Six Nations triumph with his team-mates this weekend

Farrell (above) will be celebrating the Six Nations triumph with his team-mates this weekend

‘We know how difficult things are for everyone at home at the moment and we’ve been saying all through our training camps how we want to do our bit to make people smile.

‘Hopefully we’ve done that today and we’ll do more of the same throughout the autumn.’

Jones guided England to European glory in 2016 and 2017, but fell on lean times thereafter.

Jones said: ‘I’m very proud of all the players and staff. They’ve reacted superbly to the changing situations in the past couple of weeks and remained focused on the goal of winning the Six Nations.

Eddie Jones revealed his pride in his England players after yet another Six Nations title win

Eddie Jones revealed his pride in his England players after yet another Six Nations title win

‘We’ll have a couple of days rest then get back together later next week and put everything we have into our preparation for the Autumn Nations Cup.

‘It’s another really important tournament for us and I’ll be expecting the same levels of application as we work towards performing at our best.

‘We’d also like to thank all of our supporters. It’s strange not having fans in the stadium and we know it’s a tough time for the country, but we felt your support throughout the campaign and it does make a difference.

‘Hopefully we can continue to deliver more good moments for our fans in the coming weeks.’

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