Billy Vunipola insists England have no need to panic about their Six Nations setbacks because they remain on course to excel at the World Cup.
Head coach Eddie Jones had spoken of Saturday's fixture with Scotland as a chance to make a statement ahead of this autumn's competition, but where they had started the day hoping to finish as Six Nations champions, they finished it regretting a second-half collapse.
England surrendered a 31-point advantage before falling behind and eventually securing a 38-38 draw which, combined with their defeat by Wales, who they had also led, suggests they remain short of the qualities required to win the World Cup Jones will have spent four years building towards.
Their only World Cup success, in 2003, came after Clive Woodward's side had that year won the Grand Slam and long been the Six Nations' leading team, but for all of their relative instability, the 26-year-old Vunipola is unconcerned.
The England and Saracens number eight told Press Association Sport: "The way we attacked teams. The way we put points on such good defences; that's something we can really take forward.
"We're happy where we are in comparison to last year, when we finished fifth. There was never any doubt how good we were going. It's just a shame there's games we just didn't quite finish off.
"I don't think there's any consequences for anything or that anyone did anything wrong.
"We've got to relax, (not) get hung up on results that could have gone our way. There's lessons to learn; how to finish teams off, how to close out the big games, what we can go to when we lose a bit of our shape. They'll become more prominent in our preparation, and in our review.
"But we don't need to overthink it. Only last year Ireland were world-beaters and now they're struggling to find some form; there's plenty of evidence that teams that don't go in with the best form have done well.
"It's about experiencing those things to propel you to bigger things."
If England are to succeed in Japan from September, they will almost certainly need the influential Vunipola performing to his best.
His absence through injury from last year's Six Nations contributed to their concerning fifth-placed finish but, after a succession of fitness concerns, he featured in all five of this season's fixtures to at least strike a positive personal note.
"I'm massively excited to have been back playing," he said. "I'd have liked to have a better say in some of our games, but I guess I'm still trying to find my feet.
"I can definitely get better; I still don't feel I'm there, I'm still scratching my way to where I was before.
"Everyone judges me to a different standard now, because of the games I played a few years ago, and that's the pressure that's been put on me, so I've just got to find my way to that level."
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