Jones: Losing to Australia would be a 'failure'

11:37 AM GMT

Eddie Jones believes it would be a "failure" if England don't win their three-Test series against Australia next month.

Jones, who named four uncapped players in his 32-man England squad for the trip down south, wants to build on their Six Nations triumph and has high hopes for the future.

"We want to be the top team in the world," Jones said. "Therefore, if we go to Australia, we should expect to win the series.

"It would be a failure if we don't win the series."

England may have cruised to a Six Nations grand slam earlier this year, but last year's 33-13 defeat to Australia in last year's World Cup is still something they are yet to make amends for.

And while Jones has had success so far in his England tenure, he's under no illusions about the different threats posed by southern hemisphere teams.

"[Australia] are just much better with the ball," he added. "It's got to be an enormous scrap. We're going to be in their face, physical, unrelenting, don't give them a moment.

"They're going to put more questions to our defence than teams did in the Six Nations and try and play with an intensity and pace that isn't common in the northern hemisphere."

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Jones: Losing to Australia would be a 'failure'