Chris Robshaw has urged England to build on the momentum established by their 20-13 victory over Australia at Twickenham on Saturday by adding to their growing collection of scalps.
The 2015 World Cup group rivals produced a dismal spectacle for the opening QBE International, but the result was all that mattered to head coach Stuart Lancaster.
The autumn continues against Argentina next Saturday before concluding against a New Zealand team hell-bent on revenge after crashing to a record defeat last November.
Some notable victims feature among England’s sequence of eight wins in nine matches France, the All Blacks and now the Wallabies and Robshaw has demanded the run continues.
“We’ve come a long way in 12 months. This was time for us to kick on and start getting scalps like Australia’s,” the captain said.
“A lot of us in this group had never beaten Australia before, myself included. It’s a great memento for us.
“First and foremost this was about getting the win. There was a bit of rustiness there but that performance stands us in good stead for Argentina.
Maiden Test tries from Robshaw and Owen Farrell, who also kicked 10 points, demolished the 13-6 half-time deficit. Farrell later kicked a penalty and two conversions.
Australia have now lost eight of their 11 matches this year.