James Haskell believes England should be beating the All Blacks, and that no one in the side is happy with being "plucky runners-up".
Haskell, who is expected to replace Tom Wood at blindside flanker against Samoa on Saturday, said England should be toppling the southern hemisphere giants.
Successive defeats by New Zealand and South Africa mean that England are left trying to salvage a victory from the two remaining QBE internationals against Samoa and Australia.
Haskell is set to win his 51st cap at Twickenham, and said no-one in the England side would be happy as "runners-up".
"This side has now developed to a point where we have beaten the world champions and where we ultimately should be beating these teams and be right up there," Haskell said.
"It's very easy to see us as plucky runners-up, but not one person in this entire environment has ever said that is the case.
"No one is satisfied to only be pushing those teams close. We realise we want to be beating them, we should be beating them and we are doing all the things in our power to make that happen."
Turnaround
With England's losing streak now at five matches, fans are looking for a turnaround before the World Cup begins in 10 months time.
"Just because we lost on Saturday doesn't mean we're going to lose at the World Cup," Haskell said.
"Frankly, players don't sit here now talking about the World Cup, what we're going to do when we get there and how we're going to do it, because the rugby landscape changes dramatically from month to month.
"It would be great to have those wins in the bank, but my view is they don't have any bearing."
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