England's build-up to their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand took a theatrical turn after Eddie Jones claimed Tuesday's training session was spied upon.

The squad was completing one of the most crucial sessions of the week at their Tokyo base when, according to Jones, an unidentified cameraman was spotted in one of the buildings overlooking the pitch.

The England head coach shrugged off the incident as the biggest match of his four-year reign looms.

"It's there, it is what it is. You have to be able to cope with it and at times it is difficult to cope with, no doubt about it.

"One week ago I was going to get sacked, Owen Farrell couldn't kick and someone wrote there'd be blood on the walls of Twickenham.

"Now we are in a semi-final and have a chance of going through and we are just excited about it."