Eddie Jones has been warned by the Rugby Football Union that England are expected to reverse their recent slump by delivering a successful autumn campaign.
The teamâs five-Test losing run came to an end with a 25-10 victory in Cape Town on June 23 â but the series against South Africa had already been conceded three months after falling to an alarming fifth-place finish in the Six Nations.
Jones retains Twickenhamâs backing but must produce a strong November series against the Springboks, New Zealand, Japan and Australia to ease speculation over his future.
âWe plan to win every game we play. We expect success in the autumn,â RFU chief executive Steve Brown said.
âI donât want to predict failure, Iâd rather predict success, but thatâs not in blind faith. Theyâre all big matches.
âWeâre planning to come out of the other side successful.â
Brown and Jones reviewed Englandâs tour to South Africa upon the head coachâs return to these shores before discussing the punishing autumn schedule which looms on the horizon.
Jonesâ early success when replacing Stuart Lancaster continues to hold weight at Twickenham â but it has been made clear that this yearâs decline is unacceptable.
âIâve reflected over the time Eddie has been at his post and his win rate (80 per cent). The win rate is still very high â itâs significant and itâs hard to argue against it,â Brown said.
âItâs important that we donât just make a judgement on whatâs happened in the very short term. Nevertheless, it was a pretty poor run of results.
âWe showed great character for the result in Cape Town but the series result was disappointing, thereâs no question about it.
âSo was the Six Nations. Coming fifth in the Six Nations was a pretty difficult situation.
âThe last result in South Africa was important, but not critical to any decisions we make about the future.
âThe confidence comes from the history to date and talking to Eddie about the plans for the autumn and the (Rugby) World Cup and how to get back to that win rate.
âIâve discussed this with Eddie and Iâm confident those disappointing results are behind us and can be turned around.â
Brown is overseeing a redundancy process at the RFU that is expected to be completed by the end of August with 62 people set to lose their jobs, saving the union ÂŁ2-3million per annum.
âLots has been said about what is going on at the union, but the first thing to say is that we are not in crisis and the second is that the financial position of the RFU is very sound,â Brown said.
âWeâve not seen a drop in income as yet, but the people who support us, invest in us and spend money here are suffering out there.
âEvery business has been affected and weâre predicting that the growth weâve seen over the last five or six years will not continue.
âIt will flatten out and maybe even decline slightly.
âSo weâve had to make some very difficult decisions and reduce the number of people who work here.â