Rob Andrew directory of The RFU's elite rugby believes that England are progressing very well and they seems to be a very strong contenders for the World Cup.
England started year 2010 with a very bad note facing several defeats against Italy and Scotland in the Six Nations leading to huge criticism of the team as they finished the tournament with just two victories.
Though they started to show some progress when they won against Australia culminated in a 21-20 victory in Sydney in the second test.The team then carry on their winning stream with a thrilling win over the Wallabies at Twickenham and also beat Samoa in the autumn internationals.
"The players are learning that there is no room for any drop in any aspect of your performance," Andrew said. "Matin talks about this a lot: you have to be an international player every day, not just a couple of days before you play New Zealand, and that's a mindset that's coming back into the England squad."
"That's what we've worked so hard on for the last four years and that's coming to fruition now," Andrew said. "The under 18s have lost one game in three years, the under 20s have been to two World Cup finals - we haven't won it yet but that's the next step, we've got a very good side this year - the Saxons have been very successful over time and you can see those players coming into the seniors. That pathway's very good."
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