England head to South Africa hoping for no repeat of past nightmares | Robert Kitson

Eddie Jones is desperate for a good tour to boost the morale of a stuttering side and knows his team must improve on their Six Nations form to come away victoriousIt is exactly 20 years this week since England kicked off their most embarrassing tour of the professional era. So painful was the 1998 Tour of Hell that almost half the squad’s international careers never recovered and the record margins of defeat still stand. It still seems faintly remarkable that the coach and several of his under-strength squad were kings of the world just five years later.The three-week expedition…