England have set the benchmark at this World Cup for the level that this Test team can reach.
The Red Rose men now need to get out there, finish a job well done and claim third place and a bronze medal in Paris.
Their third-place play-off against Argentina is the game they did not want to play this week – but it is still far preferable to having already been at home for the best part of two weeks.
Steve Borthwick and his coaches will have had to be mindful of the physical and mental onslaught that was last weekend’s gut-wrenching 16-15 semi-final defeat by South Africa, and its lingering impact.
Players would understandably need time to get over that tense match, and England’s last-gasp defeat.
The emotions of going so close to a final only to be knocked out in dramatic fashion can be all over the place. So there are some players not involved who could be equal parts physically and mentally shattered.
England left everything out there against the Boks, but now they need to do the same against the Pumas. This is an international match, on the global stage, amid an intense rivalry between these two teams.
England have got to make sure they stamp their authority on the game, and make sure they don’t allow Argentina to prove any points after the first game of the tournament.
England were so impressive with 14 men when beating Argentina 27-10 in their first match in France.
Argentina are extremely well coached by Michael Cheika though, and will be a different proposition from that first match. England have to set the tone for their new era in this match, as well as signing off in style in France.
Borthwick could be minded to make some changes to his coaching squad after the tournament, and Felix Jones is certainly already confirmed as joining from South Africa after the World Cup.
I would throw everything at the England team to make it successful, in terms of whatever resources are required.
New Zealand have always tended to do that, just look back to the brains trust of Graham Henry, Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith as an example of a super-coach trio.
Joe Schmidt’s arrival has boosted the All Blacks no end in the last year, and from fifth in the world rankings to the World Cup final represents a big turnaround.
England are on an upward trajectory now, and perhaps the way to maintain that is to continue to question the status quo and not to settle.
Borthwick is not a man to take his foot off the gas, so the Red Rose boss will want to drive England on and that will make for fascinating watching.
