Scrum-half Ben Youngs says the criticism England have received this autumn shows just how far they have come.
The Leicester Tigers man has kept his place in the starting line-up for the game with Australia tomorrow at Twickenham (2.30).
He had his first game of the November series in the 28-9 win over Samoa last weekend, replacing an out-of-form Danny Care who wore the No.9 shirt for the defeats against New Zealand and South Africa.
Media and pundits got stuck into Stuart Lancaster's side for those defeats, but Youngs said that is a mark of respect for what is expected from them as a force in world rugby.
"The big thing for us is that we are under pressure to get results now," he said. "All of a sudden, people expect us to beat the likes of New Zealand and South Africa at home and that is a great thing.
"The squad were so disappointed with the losses. We had opportunities to beat New Zealand and we had chances against South Africa, too.
"We looked at the video of the South Africa game in particular and there was no doubt we should have won the game with the chances we created.
"We are doing the right things in terms of creating opportunities, but we have to finish them against the best opposition."
England will be trying to finish on a high against an Aussie side under the new management of former Leinster head coach Michael Cheika.
The Wallabies have lost their last two games to Ireland and France but are playing an attacking brand of rugby that has been pleasing on the eye.
Youngs knows England will have to put in their best defensive performance of the autumn. "The Aussies are playing a huge amount of rugby under Cheika," he said. "They have a lot of width and they play a great brand of rugby.
"They keep coming at you and like putting you under pressure. We have to be tight in defence and make our tackles.
"We have been very critical on ourselves this year but we know we are in a great place to compete against these sides.
"And we have lots of players to come back into the mix, too, with the likes of Joe Launchbury, Tom Croft, Alex Corbisiero, Dan Cole, Tom Youngs and Manu Tuilagi out injured. They are big names and there is a big year ahead for us all."
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