http://bit.ly/oTSVy8 Lewis Moody says he ought to be in shape to consider on Argentina in England's opening match. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Pictures

Lewis Moody is confident he is "on the right route" to proving his fitness for England's opening Planet Cup match with Argentina.
"The target is still following week and playing against Argentina," mentioned the Bath flanker. "Every little thing at the minute says we are on the right path. Everyone has been quite confident and I am happy at how it has gone. I just want to get via coaching and be content in my individual head that my knee is very good.
"The most crucial factor is that the medics and the physios are content with me and they are not heading to risk me if it is not appropriate and I go and knacker it yet again."
Moody has played less than five matches because 1st harmful the his knee in January and is a single of 6 England people who travelled to New Zealand with an injury.
The scrum-50 percent Ben Youngs has a worry more than his knee soon after undergoing an operation, which kept him out of England's three warm-up fixtures. Mark Cueto suffered a back again spasm in Saturday's 20-9 victory above Ireland and Mike Tindall was replaced ahead of the finish with a tight hamstring. Tom Wood and Nick Easter each missed the Aviva Stadium victory as a precaution after building calf problems. And Simon Shaw's departure from England was delayed by a abdomen bug.
England ended up greeted at Auckland airport by close to 300 supporters and their arrival in New Zealand led the nationwide information. "It was a fantastic welcome," mentioned the England coach, Martin Johnson. "Folks chat about Globe Cups for a prolonged time and to truly get there and see the exhilaration was great enjoyable. It was a good way to come in. It is like the countdown has commenced. The whole entire world of rugby is right here."