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'Doof, doof': Eddie Jones has Boks' number, but England will have to be good enough to stop them

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In LondonEngland coach Eddie Jones expects the Springboks to be highly motivated and up to the task of wanting to topple his team when they meet at Twickenham on Saturday.The Test will be the last one for both teams for the year, with the Boks on edge as they go into the game having last won at Twickenham in 2014.The Boks also got a few things right with their attack in their 63-21 caning of Italy in Genoa last week, but England is a different rugby package.READ | Eddie Jones commends SA's social responsibility, weighs in on Rassie-gate: 'Refs are going to make mistakes'Jones expects the Boks and their powerful forwards to come at them with everything they have and they have to be very good to stop them.Jones also added the Boks' strict discipline to what works for them makes them a difficult side to face."Well, I've never seen a Springbok side, not 100 percent at it.

For any team playing against them, you just accept that's the case," Jones said."It's like playing against New Zealand, I've never seen New Zealand not turn up.

I've never seen a Springbok team not turn up. That's just part of the game."They're very similar. They've still got three big contests: scrum, lineout maul, and the aerial contest. "They're judged by the players' effort in those areas, how they can test, how combative they are in those areas."We know that.

We know what’s coming, but you have to be good enough to deal with it."England15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Owen Farrell (captain), 11 Jonny May, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Alex Coles, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako VunipolaSubstitutes: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will

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