The England rugby squad's new HQ at Teddington's Lensbury Club has been turned into a mini-fortress to protect the players and coaches in COVID-19 proof bubble.

Players are not allowed to mingle with guests and are confined to their own quarters with meeting and gym facilities.

The training pitch (pictured) alongside the River Thames is surrounded by an 8 feet high fence especially erected to protect the players and keep coach Eddie Jones's tactics secret for the final games of the Six Nations and friendly matches behind closed doors at Twickenham.

On the prospect of players breaking the rules Eddie Jones said: "You have to have agreement about life in the bubble, which we will do today. We should be so grateful for this opportunity.

"I'm so excited to be coaching England again and I expect the players to have a smile on their faces when they come in.

"They will understand their responsibilities but, like every other young man around the world at the moment, they have discipline issues. We want to minimise those discipline issues but I can't guarantee that they won't happen.

"As young men, we all make mistakes. When you are in your 20s and 30s you make mistakes. None of us are exempt.

"We have to reduce the chances of communal infection which means that we don't have any contact with the community.

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"By default, that means we will be staying in the Lensbury (team hotel). The main thing is that we understand the responsibility we have got.

"We are the England national rugby team. We have been given the opportunity to play rugby in quite difficult situations."