Wells expecting glorious 'repeat'

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England's forwards, mentored by Wells, smashed the Wallabies into submission and on Saturday they must do it all over against host nation France.

Wells said: "We know what we are going up against. We believe the guys that are playing for us can repeat the performance. We need to prepare well for Saturday, because at the weekend we are against a better unit."

Prop Andrew Sheridan rightly took the glory for his wrecking job on the Wallabies scrum, yet lock Simon Shaw's display arguably confirmed his status as England's form forward of the tournament.

Wells added: "I am not surprised (by Shaw's performance). He had an indifferent start to the season with Wasps last year, and his performance has improved game by game.

"Like in the Heineken Cup final against Leicester, he had a huge influence on the game. We have never had a natural replacement for Johnno [Martin Johnson]. In terms of what he did, Simon had a tremendous game at the weekend."

England travelled by train to Paris on Monday, having celebrated knocking Australia out for a third time in the last four World Cups with nothing more than a meal of ribs and chips.

Head coach Brian Ashton is likely to announce his starting line-up on Wednesday - the same day as France boss Bernard Laporte declares his hand - and England made the four-hour journey without reporting any major injury problems.