"That means the most to me as they know how hard it is to achieve it and getting that recognition from those boys means a lot."

Jones paid tribute to Youngs after England shook off their rustiness induced by a seven-month break for coronavirus to power out of sight in the second half, extending their winning sequence over Italy to an unblemished 27 wins.

"It's always nice for a player to play well in their 100th game," Jones said.

"He scored a couple of nice tries, one a beautiful traditional half-back try backing up the centre of the field and another off some good go-forward ball.

"He'll feel good about this game, the whole team feels good about him getting to 100 caps and now we want him to go on and get to 150. It's a massive achievement and we're so proud of him."

George, Tom Curry and Henry Slade also crossed in a comprehensive win before the start of the Autumn Nations Cup, which will be played out while the UK is in lockdown.

"We certainly tried to play with a lot of passion and intent. I hope the fans at home enjoyed the game and feel a little bit better about themselves because we're going to go through another tough period, aren't we?" Jones said.

"We have to make sure we do everything we can to help society."