England enjoyed a winning autumn, with Tommy Freeman, Fin Smith, Alex Coles, Alex Mitchell, Fraser Dingwall and Henry Pollock all helping the Red Rose to shine.
Steve Borthwick's men edged out Argentina 27-23 at Allianz Stadium on Sunday to ensure they would end their Quilter Nations Series campaign with a 100 per cent record.
England beat Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina during the autumn, finishing 2025 on a run of 11 successive victories.
The hosts raced into a 17-0 lead against Los Pumas, but a second-half fightback from the visitors closed the gap to just one point before Borthwick’s side closed out the win.
Although England never relinquished their lead, the threat of an Argentina comeback loomed large with memories of the Pumas’ comeback against Scotland the previous week still fresh.
And with that in mind, Borthwick was pleased with how his side saw out a tight match.
“It was a tough arm wrestle of a Test match,” said Borthwick.
“It felt like we were getting away and getting a scoreboard pressure which potentially could have changed their tactics and then with that try disallowed before half-time, it suddenly went close again.
“We know Argentina are very dangerous, if you need any evidence of that, you saw that in the second half against Scotland last week. But the players stuck to the task and found a way.”
Coles started the game and produced another towering performance before he was yellow carded just a minute before the end.
Pollock and Mitchell came off the bench to help England get over the line, but Smith was not selected and Freeman and Dingwall are injured.
Freeman has been nursing a hamstring problem and spent last week recovering in Dubai, while Dingwall was ruled out of Sunday's game having initially been selected to start.
The Saints centre is nursing a side strain picked up in the memorable win against New Zealand, in which Dingwall scored.
“Fraser Dingwall picked up a side injury during the game (against New Zealand),” England defence coach Richard Wigglesworth said.
“We thought he was going to be all right but he has not quite made it for this one (against Argentina).
“It’s nothing serious.”
Saints will be hoping that assessment proves correct as they face a huge run of games in the Gallagher PREM and Investec Champions Cup in the coming weeks and months.
Two more of their players were in international action last weekend as Danilo Fischetti and Edoardo Todaro came off the bench in Italy's 34-19 win against Chile.
It was a special moment for Todaro as he made his senior debut for his country, capping a rapid rise that has seen the hugely talented 19-year-old back score four tries in six appearances for Saints since making his bow for the club in September.
Elliot Millar Mills and Rory Hutchinson have been getting game time for Scotland this autumn, but neither player featured in the 56-0 win against Tonga on Sunday.
