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Dave Attwood has no concerns over being branded a boring side if it means England continue to win.

Attwood and Courtney Lawes formed a formidable partnership in England's second-row over the course of their four Tests and both played well in the 26-17 win over Australia on Saturday. Stuart Lancaster's side continue to struggle for fluency and continuity behind the scrum, but Attwood called on England to grind to victories through 10-man rugby whenever necessary.

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• Sometimes it comes down to a simple cocktail of power and strength. At the full-time whistle as England revelled in their 26-17 win, a clearly relieved Stuart Lancaster sought Graham Rowntree for a congratulatory hug. While the backs are still finding their feet and the centre conundrum will roll into the Six Nations, the forwards are in fine fettle.
• It was a brutal Test match at times and two minutes from the end, there were strewn English bodies on the floor. Mike Brown was close to the touchline, exhausted, while George Kruis was prone a matter of metres away. On the far side of the field Brad Barritt was bloodied and hurting.
• This was a win built on dominance in the forwards. Courtney Lawes put in a monumental performance in the second-rows while Ben Morgan has become an unlikely try-scoring hero with his pair of scores but they should not divert attention away from his overall performance of astute, bulldozing effectiveness from No.8.
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"People can say we're the most boring team in the world if they want, but at the end of the day, winning is winning," said Attwood. "No one cares about style if you lose: no one is going to say, 'oh, you lost by three points, but you played so excitingly'.

"People might talk about that for a day, but two months later, three months later, three years, six years later, nobody cares: people only care about results. We're in the business of producing results, so we're bitterly disappointed about the first two results, very pleased with the second two. So we'll build on that momentum and carry that into the Six Nations."

England's win was formed on the foundations of forward dominance with both of their tries coming from Ben Morgan and Attwood admitted England scented scrum blood almost from the start against the Wallabies.

"That's the nature of international rugby: if you can pile pressure on the opposition eventually you will get your reward," said Attwood. "The first couple of scrums, to be fair they came at us; and it was a pretty stern contest.

"But in the third or fourth scrum, we got the ball in, we kept it in, and they decided 'right, let's start defending now'. That's the green light: think 'well, you can defend all you want, we're going to take a penalty here'. We've got some really credible threats up front; Davey Wilson and Joe Marler are in great form.

"Then there's Dylan Hartley going well and Rob Webber when he came on, so we've got some great players in the front row."