By Josh Lewsey England full-back

It was frustrating as hell watching most of Saturday's win against Wales from the Twickenham medical room.

I was massively disappointed to come off so early with an injured shoulder, especially in the first game of the championship and one which would have been a lot of fun to play in.

But I have got to be positive. I was feeling a lot better on Sunday morning than I first thought I might be when I did it, and hopefully I won't miss too much.

The injury happened in the first minute of the match when I carried the ball up and got tackled. It was quite innocuous really, the shoulder joint just went.

Lewsey receives attention on the pitch from the England physio

I tried to run it off for the next 20 minutes, and the physios kept coming on trying to get it back in position.

But I couldn't lift my arm by the end and it was pretty painful.

I thought: "I am being a hindrance here." If anyone had broken through, I wouldn't have been fully confident of tackling them, so I thought I'd better get myself off.

I went to the medical room and had some X-rays, and then waited for the painkillers to kick in.

I watched the rest of the game on television in there, trying to keep my arm in as comfortable a position as possible.

It was probably our best performance for two or three years, certainly since the World Cup.

We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves but a lot of things we have been working on came to fruition, which was very pleasing.

We knew we had to deliver, and, by and large, I think we did.

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I think it is fair to say Wales couldn't cope with the general power of our side, and the way we utilised it.

There is a great spirit among the team. We get on so well with each other, and, for me, that is one of the strongest things about this side.

We know we have still got things to work on, and when we come back together we will try to continue to improve.

It is good to do that in a relaxed environment, with everyone walking round with smiles on their faces.

Mind you, I don't think anyone would have been too pleased to have me sitting next to them at the post-match dinner on Saturday night.

When you are as sore as I was, you just want to go home and look after yourself, which is what I did.

I was icing my shoulder every hour or two, and hopefully that has kick-started the recovery process.