Maro Itoje thrills England supporters with his skill and composure | Andy Bull

Eddie Jones likened Itoje to a Vauxhall Viva before the Six Nations started, but after his performance against Wales the coach upgraded him to a BMWIn between everything else Eddie Jones has been doing, he has spent a lot of time in the last four months trying to protect Maro Itoje from the press. Itoje, 6ft 5in and 18st 4lb, may not seem like a man who needs to be defended but Jones says he has seen too many players suffer for being built up too much, too soon, and he doesn’t want Itoje to be another. Which was why, before the Six Nations started, he described Itoje as a Vauxhall Viva of a pl…