Eddie Jones said he is out to win the European Challenge Cup following Saracens “methodical” demolition of Mont de Marsan.

Sarries’ director of rugby fielded a very youthful and inexperienced side in the opening game of the EDF Energy Cup last week against Scarlets, which they lost 26-17.

He believes the competition should be made into an under-23s tournament in a bid to develop the next generation of players.

He selected five under 21s in his starting line-up that day but he took no such risks on Sunday against Marsan.

The Australian showed his intent to win the Challenge Cup by fielded arguably his strongest XV available, with only England Under 20 starlets Noah Cato and Andy Saull surviving from the previous week.

Jones said: “This is a very important competition for us, we want to win this group and then our goal has to be to try and get a home quarter-final.”

It was a comfortable win for Saracens and was like an attacking practice session at times.

But Jones said he did not benefit a huge deal from the game though.

He said: “You do not develop much in these sort of games to be honest but the thing that I was pleased about today (Sunday) was our discipline, that is the big thing going forward.

“It is not so much how you play in these games, it is the habits you create and our habits were good today.

“We only got a bit loose in bits of the first half but generally our discipline was good.

“We are aiming to be a better side than where we are in the (league) table, so we need that discipline.

“You have just got to watch all the top class rugby at the moment and it is absolutely brutal.

“Discipline is the key to being a good side and you need to be good at the set pieces, and you need to be good at your defence and if we are, we would like to think we will be able to create a point of difference with our attack.”

This weekend the Men in Black travel to Italy to take on Viadana in the second round of the Challenge Cup.

And Jones is brutally honest on what he expects when his side face the Italians, who beat Bayonne 21-10 in their first group game.

He said: “I am not expecting a tough game, I expect us to go over there and play very well.

“I have watched them play games at home and away and they not only change their jumper, they change the way they play.

“They will be passionate, enthusiastic and energetic but then so will we, so that will cancel each other out and then we can play some rugby.”