- The last minute conversion of End Smith assured an exciting 26-25 victory on Twickenham
- England capitalized the mistakes and Maro Iteje believes that there is more to come
- He said his side was 'brave and ball', but admitted that the exhibition was not perfect
England captain Maro Itje insisted that the best is to have arrived after taking his team to a dramatic and late victory over France.
A last minute conversion Smith won England's first victory over level one opponents for almost a year and facilitated the pressure on Chief Steve Borthwick.
England took advantage of errors in French performance in French when the winning career of Antoine Dupont finally came to an end.
“The result is a claim of the hard work of the players, the coaches and the support staff,” Itoje said. We are happy with victory. For big parts we were not as precise as we wanted to be. One thing I love about this team is that we are going to fight for each other and believe in the other.
'I thought we were brave and bullets and that is the basis of what we want to move on. Imagine how good we can be when we add that precision layer in addition to this fight. It was not easy against a very talented French team. Steve told the group to be ambitious. He told the group that was brave and came out and scored attempts.
'There is a complete burden on which we can improve. This game was no way perfect. We are happy with victory, but we know that there are definitely things to improve. ''
England Captain Maro Iitoje says that the best has not yet come from his side after beating France
Elliot Daly's last attempt and End Smith conversion said a memorable return victory
Smith cleaned the extras in recent seconds to relieve pressure on Chief Steve Borthwick
Elliot Daly scored the winning attempt at the last minute when he delivered the experienced Bank of England. Borthwick said: 'I'm delighted that players get victory. I am very proud of them. They are a delight to train and I am very happy to get the victory.
'What surprised me was how hard the players were running to try to save attempts. That is a real sign that a team develops.
'I thought that end played very well. Great composure. You could see cohesion between him and Alex Mitchell. You can also see the way Ben Earl and Tom Willis played together. Ben Curry ran so hard.
'That experience, the way Jamie George and Daly entered and added to her. The two of them raised our caps in approximately 170. They brought all that experience to the grass.
'I was very happy, just looking at the composure at the end. It is a team that is growing.
Little characteristic management errors proved to be expensive for France, since its Grand Slam offer was derailled
'The point of difference in this team will be the way they move the ball in attack and have to continue believing in themselves. We would all like the team suddenly to be perfect, but that is not the way the equipment is built.
“The roof of this team is very high, but unfortunately you take some pain on the road.”
The result derailed the Gran Slam offer in France, leaving Ireland the only undefeated team.
France's defense coach Shaun Edwards said: “Every time we approached the line we seemed to drop the ball.”