BEN Morgan might have won many fans for his performance off the bench against South Africa but former England No.8 Nick Easter insists the Gloucester star’s next challenge has to be repeating the trick for the full 80 minutes.

With England trailing the Springboks 20-6 at Twickenham on Saturday, head coach Stuart Lancaster turned to his bench three minutes after half-time, bringing Morgan on for Billy Vunipola.

And Morgan made an immediate impact as his introduction saw England level the proceedings at 20-20 just five minutes later, the 25-year-old grabbing a try just five minutes after coming off the bench.

It clearly left an impression on Lancaster too as he has thrown Morgan in from the start against Samoa this Saturday.

And Easter, who racked up 47 England caps in the back row, wants to see Morgan star for the whole game this weekend, adamant he has not yet earned the trust of Lancaster and his coaches.

“Billy and Ben are both fantastic ball carriers and they suck in a lot of defenders and probably give you the most impetus and momentum and gain line success from the England squad,” said Easter.

“But at international level you’ve got to be able to play the full 80 minutes and neither have been trusted, I’m not saying they can’t be but neither have been trusted to play for 80 minutes.

“Some games you probably don’t need that guy coming off the bench for whatever reason and you’ve got to be able to play for 80 minutes.

“Billy didn’t have his greatest game last Saturday but they are two guys that obviously England realise are key.

“The Welsh loss in Cardiff in 2013 showed them up a little bit in terms of not being able to get on the front foot, there were a lot of grafters there but nobody was getting them quick ball.”

England will fancy their chances of ending a five-match losing streak against Samoa this weekend.

But Easter believes the opportunity to rediscover their attacking prowess will be the most important thing to watch out for.

“England have to rediscover their game, I think that is the most important thing,” Easter added.

“They have played the two top sides in the world and they’ve lost and the scoreboard has probably been kind to them in the last few weeks.

“You just need to give a sense of perspective. It is not the most experienced side, especially coming up against the Springboks and All Blacks, and they will mainly be disappointed with the way they played.

“The pack has gone brilliantly, the forward pack has been outstanding and probably they’ve been the better pack in the last two weeks quite comfortably.

“And there is no need to panic because that doesn’t do anybody any good. They’ve come reasonably close and left it a little too late in the last two games but they need to show more behind the scrum.

“You can be pragmatic and say that we want to win [against Samoa] and in that case the forward driving game and the lineout, they can go from set-piece to set-piece and do that with the scrum and strength they’ve got.

“But there is more to it when you’re playing against the sides that they have done in the last two weeks. They’ve got to rediscover the game that they were playing in the Six Nations.”

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