Sunday 29 May 2016 20:39, UK
Will Greenwood said England and Wales both benefited from a tough game ahead of their respective summer tours.
England outscored their opponents five tries to one as they ran out 27-13 winners at Twickenham on Sunday.
Eddie Jones' side were in full flight ahead of their venture to Australia to take on the Wallabies, but the Sky Sports pundit believes both camps will take a lot from the encounter.
"I think both sides will be chuffed with that," said Greenwood. "I thought it was a cracking Test match.
"Mike Phillips sent out an interesting Tweet before the game saying how happy he was that there was finally a proper Test match before heading to the southern hemisphere.
"If you keep getting battered by southern hemisphere sides you need a proper warm-up game and today those teams got that.
"Bodies were put through the mill, players like Dylan Hartley, Alun Wyn-Jones and Scott Williams got a proper game of rugby under their belt.
"A few deficiencies were there from both sides and hopefully that will have helped iron them out because these teams have the ultimate challenge, they're playing the World Cup finalists.
"While Wales will be disappointed with the loss, both coaches will take an enormous amount out of today's game to help them hopefully achieve success in the southern hemisphere.
"It was a great confidence builder, Eddie Jones is now six from six and has beaten Warren Gatland twice. England are in really good shape but there is a big challenge coming in Australia."
England took victory despite missing some frontline players. None of the Exeter or Saracens players who took part in the Aviva Premiership final on Saturday were able to play for Eddie Jones' team, which means they can still improve.
"There's no doubt that the Grand Slam was heavily reliant in key moments of that Six Nations on five or six Saracens players, and Jack Nowell can score wonder-tries so throw him into the mix too."
Teimana Harrison was excellent and Jack Clifford will get a lot of headlines. I'm also loving what Anthony Watson is doing with his finishing at the moment.
However the World Cup winner says those players have their work cut out for them in getting back into the team after some good performances at Twickenham.
"Joe Launchbury was brilliant, he took the first lineout, took the first restart and made the first tackle. He was everywhere - a man mountain.
"I thought the second row depth in general for England was outstanding in fact - Launchbury and Courtney Lawes both played well.
"The challenge has been set by two incredible players in George Kruis and Maro Itoje, but Launchbury is hot on their heels.
"Teimana Harrison was excellent and Jack Clifford will get a lot of headlines. I'm also loving what Anthony Watson is doing with his finishing at the moment."
England now head to Australia to take on the Wallabies in a three-match tour, and Greenwood hopes that Jones' side can build on Sunday's win and compete in a tough series against last year's losing World Cup finalists.
"As a fan I would like the series to be alive in the third Test.
"If England win one of the first two Tests and head to Sydney with the series still in the balance then they're not quite back, but they're starting to get their cutlery out to sit at the top table of rugby."
