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Eddie Jones believes England’s stunning success in Australia could ignite the imaginations of children to become the next Owen Farrell rather than Harry Kane.

For the first time in their history, the grand slam champions have completed a series victory over one of the southern hemisphere giants after departing AAMI Park with an impressive win.

They have supplanted the Wallabies in second place in the world rankings and a ninth victory of Jones’s reign in Sydney on Saturday would complete a glorious 3-0 whitewash.

While Roy Hodgson’s England football team are targeting a place in the knockout phase of Euro 2016, the Red Rose have crushed Australia and Jones hopes rugby’s profile will be enhanced as a result.

“The fantastic thing is that to win a series like this is a win for English rugby in total – it’s a win for fans, the Rugby Football Union and the media,” said Jones.

“It’s a nice thing to have and a great thing for English rugby. Young kids will be sitting at home and rather than wanting to be Dele Alli or Harry Kane, they might want to be Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell or George Ford.

“That’s the sort of thing that rugby does. The power of having a strong international rugby team is that it means kids want to play rugby.

“We want these guys to be heroes for English rugby. When kids want to play for England then the whole game gets healthier.”

England’s victory was founded on a courageous defensive display that was inspired by ‘The Guy In The Glass’ by Dale Wimbrow, a poem about being true to yourself that was read to the squad earlier in the week by assistant coach Paul Gustard.

The tourists made more than three times as many tackles as their opponents and ran themselves into the ground to protect their line, with a late converted try and penalty from Owen Farrell giving the scoreline its lop-sided look.

Jones is set to make changes for the third Test knowing many of his players are exhausted, while the fitness of Jack Nowell and James Haskell is being monitored due to respective concussion and foot issues.

“We’ve got a few players with bumps and bruises so will have to look at our selection very carefully,” said Jones, who has ordered his players to keep their feet on the Wallabies’ throats by winning at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.

A bad-tempered encounter in Melbourne extended Jones’s triumphant sequence replacing Stuart Lancaster to eight games and he has yet to taste defeat, but the Australian is aware that he is riding the crest of a wave.

“You don’t really predict these things. You don’t know how a side is going to develop,” said Jones.

“You get in there, look at the strength of the team, work out a way to play and a way to win.

“At the moment, we’re winning. There’s always the other side of the road and we’ll be prepared for that.”

Jones again insisted he will not lead the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand next year.

Jones is determined to stay focused on deposing New Zealand at the top of the rankings.

“I am honoured to be thought of in that area but I have a massive commitment to England and the RFU and I can’t afford to spend any time away from the team,” he said. “My job is to make England the best in the world and I am going to do that 100 per cent.

“So, unfortunately, I am unavailable for the Lions.”

England’s star performer on Saturday was the relentless Chris Robshaw, who marked his 50th cap with a man-of-the-match display, although the likes of Farrell, James Haskell and Mako Vunipola were not far behind

“Playing one of the best attacking sides in world rugby, on their own patch, we knew it would be tough and we can’t wait until next week, to finish it off properly,” said Robshaw.

“It’s a nice feeling to be above Australia in the rankings. We didn’t take a backward step last week, we didn’t on Saturday and we won’t again next weekend. That has been the mindset from day one.”

England emerged emphatic winners despite spending most of the second half halting waves of attacks from the Wallabies.

Captain Dylan Hartley, who became England’s most capped hooker, crossed in the first half before Farrell added the decisive try with six minutes remaining.

The outstanding Farrell also kicked three penalties and two conversions, but this was a victory founded on the spirit that was evident during stirring rearguard action as Australia probed the whitewash.

A bad-tempered showdown repeatedly erupted into brawls and the teams even continued arguing as they left the pitch for half-time, Farrell and Nick Phipps shoving each other as they reached the tunnel.

Following Hartley’s converted try, Farrell kicked a penalty but the Wallabies drove over from a line-out, Moore diving over for a try that was converted by Foley.

The teams battered away at each other after the break and Farrell landed a penalty before Maro Itoje stopped Toby Smith as Australia sought to exploit a three-man overlap.

England had the greater strength on the bench and it was the arrival of two replacements that enabled them to score the decisive try.

Courtney Lawes found himself in acres of space and Jamie George continued the move, chipping ahead for Farrell to collect, touch down and then convert, before adding his final penalty to complete a stunning victory.

Australia: Folau; Haylett-Petty, Kuridrani, Kerevi, Horne; Foley, Phipps; Slipper, Moore, Kepu, Arnold, Carter, Fardy, Hooper, McMahon.

Replacements: Morahan for Haylett-Petty (70), Lealiifano for Kerevi (61), Frisby for Phipps (70), Smith for Slipper (47), Polota-Nau for Moore (55), Holmes for Kepu (47).

England: Brown; Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Itoje, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Daly for Watson (77), Care for Youngs (66), Mullan for M. Vunipola (66), George for Hartley (72), Hill for Cole (66), Lawes for Kruis (56), Launchbury for Robshaw (72), Clifford for Haskell (72).

Referee: C Joubert (South Africa).