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England still have plenty to prove - Cueto

ESPN staff
November 16, 2010
Mark Cueto played a key role in England's victory over Australia © Getty Images
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Mark Cueto has targeted two victories from England's remaining autumn matches against Samoa and South Africa.

England are flying high after an impressive 35-18 victory over Australia, which followed their opening defeat to New Zealand.

Their win over Australia completed an impressive double after a single-point victory over the Wallabies in Sydney in June. But Cueto insists their win will count for nothing if they cannot maintain their momentum.

Martin Johnson's men will be now expected to get the better of Samoa on Saturday, while a win against Scotland this weekend would see the Springboks travel to Twickenham in search of a clean sweep of victories.

The world champions will be without dangerman Bryan Habana after the winger broke his hand, and after such an emphatic victory over the Wallabies, Cueto insists only two wins from their remaining two fixtures will be good enough.

"We were massively disappointed against the All Blacks, we felt we were better than we maybe showed and what we did in that game," Cueto told Sky Sports News. "We had a massive point to prove at the weekend and similarly we have another massive point to prove.

"It's no good playing one great game and then losing the next one or two. We want to back it up. We have got two games remaining in this series and two massive games we want to win."

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