Monday 28 September 2015 12:57, UK
England head coach Stuart Lancaster says he will have his team ready to play the game of their lives against Australia on Saturday.
The tournament hosts find themselves in a must-win situation after Saturday's agonising defeat to Wales, when they threw away a 10-point second-half lead at Twickenham before losing 28-25.
However, a win next weekend would get England firmly back on course for the quarter-finals and Lancaster is confident his men can deliver.
"If I was to go round the boys now and say 'do you want to play tomorrow', they would play tomorrow," he said.
"There is a huge sense of frustration inside the camp.
"I am ready to go. It is a massive game, a massive week for the country, a massive week for the team, and we will be ready.
"It reminds me a bit of when we lost against South Africa in similar circumstances (in the 2012 autumn internationals), then beat New Zealand the week after - and it will be that type of performance that will be expected, and I know the boys will be ready to deliver it.
"Two teams go through from this pool. Wales have still got to play Fiji. Wales have got to play Australia and obviously we have got to play Australia. It is all to play for and it is a massive game on Saturday."
Lancaster admits that the defeat to Wales was the most painful he has suffered since taking charge of the England side, and while captain Chris Robshaw has been quick to shoulder the blame for the late decision to try and win the game over a kick for goal that would have tied the scores, Lancaster insists the focus switches to next weekend.
"We played a lot of good rugby in that game and we let it slip away," he said.
"I have had some fantastic wins as England coach and I have had some heart-wrenching, gut-wrenching losses, and that was right up at the top.
"I don't think we choked. What we did do is allow Wales to stay in the game.
"We can't be sitting feeling sorry for ourselves, we've got to roll our sleeves up and get stuck in.
"Everything rests on Australia - it's knock-out rugby. Not in the slightest will it be hard to pick up the players."
