England's Jonny May has insisted that he has done everything possible to try and secure his place in Stuart Lancaster's side for the World Cup opener against Fiji.
The 25-year-old winger crashed over in the opening five minutes as England beat Ireland 21-13 at Twickenham in their final World Cup warm-up match yesterday.
"I feel I've done all I can do. I'm happy with the way I'm playing at the moment and I'm still learning and improving," May said.
"These warm-up matches have given me an opportunity to put things right after getting dropped in the Six Nations and to show the improvements I've made and confidence I've gained.
"I knew things hadn't gone my way, I knew I was better than that, but it's international rugby and one bad game and you can be out. I had to go back and work as hard as I could and it's given me a hunger to get in there."
May also revealed the extent to which he has studied his own game in a bid to improve.
"I'm been very hard on myself, scrutinising and reflecting to see what I can improve on. That's a relentless desire to get better regardless of the circumstances. I'm as keen to improve next week as I would be if I'd had a bad game.
"It would be so exciting to start in the World Cup. I can't wait for the tournament to start and the buzz around the country."
England, who have been drawn in Pool A alongside Australia, Wales, Uruguay and Fiji, face the Pacific Islanders in their opening game at Twickenham on September 18.
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