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Will Greenwood says that England's strong team ethos got them across the line against Australia

Monday 4 November 2013 09:21, UK

Image: Billy Vunipola: carried well for England

England fought back from 13-6 down at half-time to beat Australia 20-13 in a scrappy game that did not quite spark to life. However Greenwood says that England's strong team culture was the difference between winning and losing.

Changes for Argentina?

Next up for England is Argentina and Greenwood and Sanderson agree that Stuart Lancaster has some big decisions to make before that game. "Billy Twelvetrees did not fire and he got dragged off for a No.10 to replace him," explained Greenwood. "Flood at No.12 is not going to get England going forward. So what does Lancaster do? Does he give Twelvetrees another crack or does he drag Luther Burrell in from Northampton?" Sanderson says that there was a difference in the way England played when some changes to key positions and that would have given Lancaster food for thought. "I think they have learnt a bit about the bench and I think we shall see some of them start next week. Your spine is so important - your 2, 8, 9, 10 and 15 is so important and there was a big difference when two of these were changed Dylan Hartley came on and made a difference, Arguably David Wilson made a difference and Ben Youngs at nine as well."

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