With the suffocating pressure eased by last week's victory over South Africa, England are desperate to show some attacking flair when they face the Springboks again at Twickenham on Saturday.

Last week's 23-21 victory ended a run of seven successive defeats and, while players and management accepted it was not a great performance, they believe England should now be able to play with more confidence and freedom in the return.

"We want to play this brilliant, aesthetically-pleasing rugby but sometimes you just have to grind out a victory," said fullback Josh Lewsey. "We didn't care how we won it, it was just about winning the game.

"We probably learned more about each other than if we'd won by 20 points and now we can see light at the end of the tunnel."

Coach Andy Robinson has been left exasperated by England's "panic-kicking" in the three November games to date, well aware that poor clearances have handed points to New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa.

He said his players have to learn to make the right decisions, and then execute, under pressure if they are going to begin the climb back towards the top of the tree.

Tactical kicking is an obvious area where improvement is needed but so, too, is England's overall attacking technique, which last week looked ponderous, narrow and easily contained.

With Charlie Hodgson ruled out until August with knee ligament damage sustained last week, Robinson has told Andy Goode he has a chance to claim the number 10 shirt. The Leicester man needs to respond with an assured, controlled display in his third start.

The Springboks have also made an injury-enforced change at fly-half with Andre Pretorius back for Butch James, whose substitution took the wind out of their sails last week. Pretorius struggled badly in the opening defeat by Ireland but coach Jake White has little option other than to stick with him. "He has 23 caps and we have put a lot of faith in him over the past couple of years. Now we need to see him go up a level if he's going to play in the World Cup," said White.

The Springboks coach remains under huge pressure after last week's defeat, which was their seventh in a row against England and sixth in succession away from home this year. This tour was always going to be tough with so many leading players left at home - but another loss on Saturday could well spell the end for the likeable, free-speaking coach.

White admitted he may have made a mistake in previously overlooking uncapped flanker Kabamba Floors and swallowed his pride by flying him in from South Africa on Tuesday and throwing him straight into the starting line-up. "I've had a view on him but I think he can add something extra to what we saw last Saturday," White said of the diminutive open-side, a noted scavenger on the ground.

White is still frustrated his inexperienced side threw away a 12-point lead at Twickenham last week but said they should now realise they are more than capable of ending their nine-year barren run at the ground. "We just have to believe," he said.

TEAMS: England - 15-Josh Lewsey; 14-Mark Cueto, 13-Mathew Tait, 12-Jamie Noon, 11-Ben Cohen; 10-Andy Goode, 9-Peter Richards; 8-Martin Corry (captain), 7-Pat Sanderson, 6-Joe Worsley, 5-Chris Jones, 4-Tom Palmer, 3-Julian White, 2-Lee Mears, 1-Phil Vickery. Replacements: 16-George Chuter, 17-Tim Payne, 18-Ben Kay, 19-Lewis Moody, 20-Shaun Perry, 21-Toby Flood, 22-Mark Van Gisbergen.

South Africa - 15-Francois Steyn; 14-Akona Ndungane, 13-Wynand Olivier, 12-Jean de Villiers, 11-Bryan Habana; 10-Andre Pretorius, 9-Ricky Januarie; 8-Danie Rossouw, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Kabamba Floors, 5-Johann Muller, 4-Johan Ackermann, 3-BJ Botha, 2-John Smit (captain), 1-CJ van der Linde. Replacements: 16-Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17-Deon Carstens, 18-Albert van den Berg, 19-Gerrie Britz, 20-Ruan Pienaar, 21-JP Pietersen/Bevin Fortuin, 22-Jaco Pretorious.

Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)