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Eddie Jones insists England must bristle with ambition when they seek to build on a perfect first year under his guidance by successfully defending their RBS 6 Nations title.Australia were crushed 37-21 at Twickenham on Saturday to complete a clean sweep of autumn victories and equal the record of 14 successive Test triumphs set by Sir Clive Woodwards World Cup winners in 2002-03.An unblemished 12 months comprising of 13 wins sees England end 2016 placed second in the global rankings, but Jones has already turned his mind to plotting the downfall of his European rivals.The Six Nations, in my limited experience of it, is a different competition to the autumn, Jones said. Being an outsider to the Six Nations, I thought there was an absolute fear of losing rather than wanting to win. What we want to do in the Six Nations is go out there and win it.Also, you get the guys coming back having played three or four weeks of European rugby and theyre in a fatigued state. Youve got to find a way to regenerate them and get them used to playing international rugby.The only thing Im interested in now is winning the Six Nations and to win the Six Nations we need more consistency in our set piece. I want to have the most dominant scrum. The scrum in the Six Nations is enormously important so we want that dominance.Despite missing the injured Billy Vunipola, James Haskell and Maro Itoje, England produced a conclusive end to the autumn by overcoming a poor start to run in four tries, extending their mastery of the Wallabies to a fourth successive victory.Jones spent Sunday debriefing his players, who return to their clubs with clear instructions on areas for improvement knowing that any drop in standards will result in demotion from the Six Nations squad.If you dont keep performing, you wont be in the team, said Jones, who will finalise his selection for the Championship at the end of the month. 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Im happy about that.The Raiders (4-2) are quite happy with the production they have gotten out of Cooper this season, especially the past two weeks. He caught six passes for a career-high 138 yards and his first touchdown of the season two weeks ago against San Diego before getting 10 receptions for 129 yards last week in a loss to Kansas City.For the season, Cooper has 36 catches for 585 yards, ranking in the top 10 in the NFL in both categories. He has been at his best the past two weeks with 16 catches for 267 yards. Cooper had nine of his 10 catches last week in the first half , before Kansas City rolled its defense to his side to try to take him out of the game.It just happened that for whatever reason hes making these crazy plays in practice and its happening in the games, quarterback Derek Carrr said.dddddddddddd. You can also tell, we talk about the sideline deal, he worked extremely hard at that and then you see him make two, three, four catches on the sideline over and over again, keeping those feet in, dragging the foot and all those things. When you get into that second year, things just start clicking. Things just in your head and out there on the field and I think hes figuring it out.Cooper had a stellar rookie season for Oakland, with the only negatives being a propensity to drop a few too many passes -- a league-worst 18 according to Pro Football Focus -- and a foot injury that hampered him late in the season.Cooper has just one dropped pass so far this season, according to Sportradar and has gone three straight weeks without one as the increased focus has paid dividends on the field.Hes very prideful and wants to be a great player in the league, coach Jack Del Rio said. I mean, he got a clear example of really working the footwork on the sideline, how that could have gotten him a couple more touchdowns. Its always been something we work on, but I think it got extra focus this week. Hes a good football player, so some of the things hes really focused on, weve benefited from that.Game notesRB Latavius Murray, who missed the past two games with turf toe, was back at practice. ... OLs Menelik Watson (calf) and Matt McCants (knee) also were back at practice.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '