Palmer: Determined

With Courtney Lawes suspended for two games for using his knee on Mario Ledesma in the 13-9 win over Argentina, the Stade Francais lock is in pole position to return to the England engine room.

And the 32-year-old, who was one of the players of the RBS Six Nations, is ready to stake a claim to play in every game in the tournament.

"I've just got to go out there and play as well as I can," Palmer said.

"I knew right from the start that in this World Cup if I wasn't starting the first game, there would be the opportunity for me.

"The nature of the World Cup is that there's a squad of players that gets used. Every time you go out you have to go out and do your best, and hopefully the coaches will notice that and you'll get into the side next time."

Palmer was restricted to a cameo performance against the Pumas - and the former Wasps ace was pleased with his impact.

"I came on and went straight into a lineout, took the line-out, had a little carry after that and we ended up scoring off that play," he said. "So that was obviously the best way to enter a game.

"It's difficult when you are only on for 13, 14 minutes to actually really get a grip on how you are playing. You don't have long enough on there to really decide, 'I was really good or I was really bad'."