In his latest BBC Sport column, World Cup winner Matt Dawson reflects on England's impressive squad depth after head coach Steve Borthwick's side defeated Australia in their first autumn international.
It is never spoken about by Steve Borthwick or his players, but we are now two years out from the Rugby World Cup in Australia.
There will be a handful of players who play a lot of rugby over the next two years and still don't get picked, such is England's impressive strength and depth.
The starting selection in Saturday's 25-7 win over Australia was Borthwick giving a nod to the stars of the successful summer tour to Argentina.
You are talking about the top echelons of international team sport when you have benches like England's - which featured six British and Irish Lions tourists.
