England make massive step up in Australia victory

In his latest BBC Sport column, England World Cup winner Matt Dawson reflects on an impressive 45-22 win for Steve Borthwick's side against Australia in the Nations Championship on Sunday. Beating Australia with their record points tally against the Wallabies was a very positive way for England to start the autumn series, given the break they have had and how the beginning of the year went. England were very accurate, very disciplined, creative and genuinely did not give Australia a sniff. Before the game, I was expecting Australia to provide much more of a stern test. Some people might be a bit too critical of Australia, saying they did not turn up, but I think it edges more towards how well England played than how average Australia were. I am not saying , all in all, it was a massive step up from the Six Nations and even from the Nations Championship games in the summer. This video can not be played Watch: England score seven tries in record-breaking win against Australia A couple of days before the Australia game, Jamie George said the England team had been galvanised by a newspaper article which claimed the end of their summer tour had been marked 's leadership. When you are inside those international camps, you are very deliberate in staying tight and not letting anybody in in whatever way, shape or form, therefore you become very sensitive to any kind of criticism. There is a reason for doing that - it draws you together and allows you to create a bit more determination and drive to be successful. You could see England's intensity, their accuracy and their discipline. All the things that have maybe been highlighted over the past nine months as things England have been lacking, there was an abundance of all of it. As much as it is easy to try to pick holes in England because it is England, sometimes you have got to pat people on the back and say they got it right. The opposition was dangerous with good individual players, but from the off England's tactics were spot on. Their decision-making was controlled and they looked like a very well-drilled side. England swat aside Wallabies to back up Borthwick Feyi-Waboso burns bright as England energy endorses Borthwick England's back three of George Furbank, Tommy Freeman and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso caused plenty of problems for Australia, but I think you have to include Fin Smith and Henry Slade in that as well.