Of course the English media didn’t get carried away with their thumping victory over Ireland…

"All the hurdles on the potentially rocky road to Dublin had been cleared with impressive ease."

England came to Dublin on Saturday afternoon and emerged with a convincing victory over Ireland. Eddie Jones' team won 32-20 at the Aviva Stadium, ending Joe Schmidt's chances of winning back-to-back Grand Slams in his final Six Nations campaign. As expected, the English rugby media were sent into a spin by the surprise victory. It was Ireland's first loss in Dublin since 2013 and the first time Schmidt had tasted defeat at home in the Six Nations. In The Telegraph, Mick Cleary said that Jones' team overcame the Irish challenge with "impressive ease."

"Oh we of little faith. Eddie Jones had stoked the fires within his own squad by bemoaning the fact that England had been written-off by all-comers, and those embers burst into life on a revealing night for English rugby and their World Cup prospects. England were bold and resilient, clever of mind and teak-tough of body. These were the History Boys, the ones to thrillingly re-write that Red Rose ledger of gloom that had recorded only one win in Dublin in 15 years... "The fabled Andy Farrell defence had been well and truly unlocked. "The floodgates had been prised open, England rounding off in style when Slade intercepted a Sexton pass, juggled but recovered to score. "No wonder they celebrated on the field and in the stands. England were back in business. All the hurdles on the potentially rocky road to Dublin had been cleared with impressive ease."

Paul Rees, writing in The Guardian, stated that this was a defining victory for England.

"England may have won a grand slam and a Six Nations title under Eddie Jones as well as a series in Australia, but this was their first performance under him when they looked like a team capable of toppling New Zealand at the top of the world rankings. "There was an assertiveness and an assurance to their play, starting in the opening seconds when they caught Ireland out with a quickly taken lineout that resulted in a try for Jonny May, in a reversal from the game here two years ago. "After an opening round when a few images were shattered, nothing will be assumed."

In The Times, Stephen Jones called it a "Titanic triumph" for England.

"It was the day it all came together, every hope and every plan and every loose end. All the highs and lows and bewilderments and frustrations in the tenure of Eddie Jones as England’s coach were distilled — perhaps mysteriously but quite gloriously — into this emphatic crushing of the reigning Six Nations champions.

Chris Foy of praised England's "staggering feat." And Alex Spink of wrote: Many of these papers were shouting loudly for Eddie Jones' head after England's losing streak in early 2018. Now they are trumping him up as a World Cup saviour and the perfect man to dethrone the All Blacks