"It's fantastic. We're good friends with their two coaches, Milton Haig and Richard Graham – a Kiwi and an Aussie. They were keen on the idea and it suits us perfectly."
It was Jones who made the suggestion to Haig when he came in to observe the England camp during the autumn internationals. There will be two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon (NZ time) at the Latymer Upper School Playing Fields in west London.
With Georgia desperate to prove that they are good enough to compete at Six Nations level, there was an equal attraction for Haig, who laughed when told of Jones' description of his pack. "I don't think the boys will be happy that they are ugly but they are definitely one of the biggest and strongest," Haig told The Daily Telegraph. "That's not a secret for anybody. There will be no surprises. I am sure Neal Hatley [the England scrum coach] will be rubbing his hands together in terms of what he can get from having us over. We hope that both parties will walk away from it as a productive exercise and that is something we can do again in the future.
"The reality is that they wouldn't be the second best team in the world without a good scrum. They have got one of the best scrums around, there's no doubt about that. We obviously rate ours and so do they. That's why we are doing it."
Haig insisted upon taking his whole squad to London and so there will also be joint attack and defence sessions. Yet he is under no illusions about where the attraction lies for England and estimates they will partake in 12-14 scrums per session. After taking on Wales before the autumn internationals, England captain Dylan Hartley knows how beneficial the joint training sessions can be.
"If I scrum against Jamie George, Alec Hepburn and Harry Williams they know what we are trying to do, we know what they are trying to do and we end up negating each other," Hartley said. "Every scrum has to be intense otherwise you get folded up like a travel map stuffed in your back pocket. It will be a really useful tool and I'm sure they will take something from it as well."
No.8 Nathan Hughes will also come into contention for the Scotland game after appearing as a replacement in Wasps' 44-22 victory away to Harlequins. Jones is hopeful that both back-row Sam Simmonds and wing Anthony Watson will be available despite picking up injuries in a bruising encounter against Wales.
"We had to battle to beat them so I'm really pleased," Jones said. "And if you'd asked us where we wanted to be after two games, we're two from two. We won with a bonus point in Rome and the other game was an arm wrestle that we managed to win, so we've had the experience of a loose game and a tight game, which sets us up for the next game we play."
Despite his satisfaction at his team's performance, Jones was in a feisty mood with the media afterwards getting into a particularly terse exchange with a reporter from BBC Radio 5 Live regarding full back Mike Brown who finished as man of the match. "You guys [the media] tell me Mike Brown can't play test rugby... you guys are unbelievable." Jones said. "You're always criticising him, now he has a good game you're all on the bandwagon. I'm sick of it. You guys are better selectors than we are, that's what you think you are."
Yesterday a more measured Jones told BBC Radio 5 Live Sportsweek programme, "He's been the most criticised player in English rugby and again he's showed why we have been winning games. He's like the Peter Shilton of rugby full backs."
