England v Ireland: Eddie Jones says Ireland 'not used to' physicality of his side

Eddie Jones says that Ireland have not played a game as physical as Saturday's crucial Six Nations encounter at Twickenham.

Both sides want to win to give themselves a chance of taking the title from France.

Ireland have not faced the up-front force of South Africa since last year, with England beating the world champion in November.

Ireland know it is going to be a physical game, according to Jones.

10 of the starting players on Saturday have been on British and Irish Lions tours.

Kyle Sinckler and Ellis Genge will be in the front row and they will face Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong.

The second row features two Lions team-mates, with Tadhg Beirne and Maro Itoje going head-to-head.

Jones believes his forwards have the edge and has backed his side to bring a physical game to Ireland.

'Biggest game' for England's young stars

The England head coach has faith in the young talent in the backs, with scrum-half Harry Randall once more starting ahead of Ben Youngs.

Randall and Marcus Smith will play together in the tournament.

Ireland will be going at Marcus in the must-win encounter, Jones said, adding that his young stars have played in so far.

Despite a lot of talk about England's new attack during the Six Nations, the side struggled to find any rhythm against Wales last time out and eventually had to hold on for victory as their visitors fought back.

Jones said that it was not a linear progression. There are ups and downs. Our team is made up of a young nine, 10 and 15.

It will be a test for them and we will learn a lot. They are learning how to deal with the ebbs and flows of the game.

'We can disrupt Ireland'

As he has done before, Jones has made it clear that Ireland are the favorites to win at Twickenham and that they are the most cohesive side in the world.

If Ireland is going to win, Jones says they must upset their rhythm and give themselves a chance to win the title in Paris on the final weekend.

He said that they had worked hard to find a way to do that in Ireland.

It is not easy because they are a good team, but we feel we can disrupt their pattern. You create opportunities when you do that.

The players rely on those patterns a lot, which is the downside of being such a cohesive team. They start looking at each other when the pattern breaks. We will see on Saturday.

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