Eddie Jones hails England's Owen Farrell as an ‘icon of the game’

'ICON':Owen Farrell is viewed as the emblem of England’s fighting spirit by Eddie Jones. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA

Owen Farrell has been acclaimed as an “icon of the game” who will lead England’s resistance this autumn, but Courtney Lawes is still set to continue as captain when the countdown to the World Cup resumes next month.

Farrell is on course to win his 100th cap in the November 19 appointment with New Zealand at Twickenham yet despite that impending achievement, Eddie Jones believes he is under-appreciated by his country.