England walk into the cauldron of Ellis Park on Saturday to open the inaugural Nations Championship against the world champions, and they do it the hard way.
South Africa in Johannesburg, back-to-back William Webb Ellis Cup holders, on the ground where the last meeting between these sides in 2018 went to the wire and the hosts took the series 2-1 off an England team then coached by Jones himself.
England are knackered
The two nations last met in November 2024, the Springboks winning 29-20 at Twickenham. Steve Borthwick’s men arrive on a strong run. They also arrive, in Jones’s reading, worn
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