By James Standley BBC Sport at Twickenham

Mark Cueto makes scoring tries look so simple it is easy to believe he has been running them in since he was old enough to hold a rugby ball.

On Saturday the Sale winger added a try against South Africa to the brace he scored on his debut against Canada the week before.

Cueto was a leading club scorer for four years before his England debut

In the Premiership he has notched up 39 in only 71 matches, a strike rate that has seen him consistently near the top of the try-scoring charts for the past four seasons.

But it was not until the age of 17 that Cueto started playing rugby, after being asked to play a friendly while at sixth form college.

The match fired his enthusiasm for the game and, within three years, he was scoring tries at the top level for Sale.

He toured England with Argentina in 2002 but failed to make the team and, for a couple of years, his rapid progress stalled.

He found himself ignored by England and now he is back in the side he is determined to keep his place.

You've got to go out there and perform the best you can and hopefully keep the shirt Mark Cueto

"I've been pushing for a couple of years without any recognition really," he said.

"There are times when you do get low and you start to wonder whether you are ever going to get the opportunity.

"For me personally I try to keep that to the back of my mind, keep on top of my form at Sale and hope to be given the opportunity off the back of that.

"There is so much competition for places. That is one of the reasons it has taken me so long to get the opportunity.

"Once you're given the shirt you obviously try your best not to lose it.

"You've got to go out there and perform the best you can and hopefully keep the shirt for the following game."

England overpower South Africa

Cueto's try against South Africa came when he plucked a Henry Paul kick out of the air to finish off a great move started by a Josh Lewsey break.

It was a difficult chance as Cueto had to dive forward at full speed to catch the ball just a couple of feet off the ground, but he was matter of fact about how he scored it.

Cueto in try-scoring action on his England debut against Canada

"The ball went up and I knew the space was there. I knew no-one was there so I didn't have a defender to worry about.

"I just had to concentrate on catching the ball.

"There was a point that I didn't think I was going to make it on the full so I wasn't sure whether to step back a little and let it bounce.

"With the skiddy surface the chances are it would have skidded forward but I managed to catch it on the full and get it down."

To hear Cueto describe it, it sounds like the simplest thing in the world, and he made it look just that.

The Sale man is a natural try scorer and at just 25 he has plenty of time to make an impact.