Borthwick 'doing a great job' for England - Jones

Summer Series: Japan v England

Venue: Japan National Stadium, Tokyo Date: Saturday, 22 June Kick-off: 06:50 BST

Coverage: Live matter commentary and updates connected nan BBC Sport website.

Head coach Steve Borthwick is "doing a awesome job" successful complaint of England, says caller Japan leader Eddie Jones.

Jones, 64, was sacked by England 9 months earlier past autumn's Rugby World Cup and replaced by Borthwick, who worked nether nan Australian during his first stint successful complaint of Japan and astatine England.

England look nan Brave Blossoms successful Tokyo connected Saturday successful what will beryllium Jones' first crippled backmost successful complaint of Japan aft he resigned arsenic Australia coach successful October.

"England is simply a high-pressured job, you get much scrutiny than immoderate different occupation successful nan world," Jones said.

"For a young feline he [Borthwick] is doing a awesome job."

Borthwick, 44, had a disappointing first Six Nations successful complaint earlier losing 3 of England's 4 World Cup warm-up matches, including a first conclusion by Fiji.

However, a third-placed decorativeness astatine nan World Cup and an awesome triumph complete Ireland successful this year's Six Nations leaves his broadside successful a beardown position heading into their summertime circuit of Japan and New Zealand.

"He [Borthwick] has handled that [scrutiny] beautiful well," erstwhile England leader Jones added.

"He is really assembling that squad and kept a number of nan elder players and is starting to bring done immoderate young players.

"He has done a really, really bully job."

Jones initially took complete nan Brave Blossoms successful 2012 and guided them to a celebrated triumph over South Africa astatine nan 2015 World Cup.

Despite nan Australian moving connected to coach England, Japan went 1 measurement further 4 years later and reached nan quarter-finals of their location World Cup - wherever they were defeated by South Africa.

However, nan Brave Blossoms grounded to get retired of nan excavation stages astatine past autumn's World Cup successful France, being defeated 34-12 by Borthwick's England.

The 64-year-old has named an inexperienced broadside to look England which includes 4 uncapped players successful nan starting XV.

"Of people England are going to travel pinch much acquisition arsenic they are 3 years into a rhythm pinch Steve Borthwick, we are 10 days into a cycle," Jones added.

"There is simply a spread location but we person nary excuse. We person prepared really good and are going to springiness it a reddish basking spell connected Saturday.

"I person sewage a existent bully emotion successful my bones that we will return them correct to nan past moment.

"If we are bully capable we will triumph nan game, if we are not we will activity retired what we person to do better. It is beautiful simple."