Clive Woodward was quick to pay tribute to his young England stars after they scored a 53-29 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Gloucester youngsters James Simpson-Daniel and James Forrester both produced outstanding try-scoring displays, with Simpson-Daniel's 40-metre solo effort set to live long in the memory.

Simpson-Daniel, just 19, even had the audacity to sprint past New Zealand legend Jonah Lomu before touching down.

Woodward, whose preparations had been disrupted by injuries and unavailability, fielded nine uncapped players, but they did him proud.

"I was very excited about today. We wanted to play without fear, and there were some excellent performances," he said.

"It was a huge improvement on what we did against the Barbarians in this fixture 12 months ago, but we will have to wait until Argentina to make an accurate assessment."

For once, Lomu came off second best against England, a fact not lost on Woodward.

"Not to let Jonah Lomu score against you in a Barbarians side is quite a feat," Woodward added.

"Certainly, Simpson-Daniel scoring a try by going around him brought a smile to my face.

"We prepared all week as if this was a Test match, and the attitude of the players has been brilliant."

Skipper Phil Vickery added: "Everyone went out there and had a go. I knew that as long as we applied ourselves and played the way that we had trained, then we would do ourselves justice.

"To be honest, nothing surprises me about Sinbad (Simpson-Daniel)."

While Woodward went away to continue deliberations with his fellow coaches about the tour squad, Barbarians coach Rod Macqueen has far more pressing matters on his mind.

No fewer than seven players picked up injuries during the 53-29 defeat, with four of them - skipper Todd Blackadder, centre Stephane Glas, replacement Thomas Castaignede and flanker Kopu Vanisi all falling victim to hamstring problems.

The Baa-baas will now need to summon reinforcements for next Wednesday's clash against Wales in Cardiff, but Macqueen still found time to salute a superb English performance.

"It was a great effort from a lot of the young, up-and-coming England players - there is a lot of depth there," he said.

Simpson-Daniel, meanwhile, looked back on his wonder try, but claimed: "To be honest, I don't even know what I did.

"It just suddenly happened and luckily I managed to get around Jonah and just went for the corner.

"It was a bit of a dummy switch, and you have just got to be in the right place at the right time. It was a huge occasion today, and I am very pleased with the way it went."