Feyi-Waboso's handling was not perfect. It still took him about 90 seconds to show the threat he carries, scoring a try that was later disallowed. In 40 minutes on the pitch, Feyi-Waboso made 130 metres from eight carries. Time and again he looked elusive rather than merely quick. Furbank, meanwhile, made his first appearance for England on Sunday since the autumn victory over Japan in 2024.
Fitness has been the recurring interruption. A hamstring injury threatened involvement this autumn — the same issue that forced a player to miss the Six Nations — after a shoulder problem had ruled him out of the Championship 12 months earlier.
The hope is that he is fit to face the All Blacks on Saturday week, the next examination of whether this shape can be kept together.
The win over a woeful Wallabies side showed a back three capable of making the rest of the world take notice again. Availability, not invention, is the condition attached to that claim.
He cruised through a gap opened for him by Fin Smith, an early glimpse of what England's width can do when the pass and the line arrive together.
Used in their best positions, England produced the attacking fluency associated with a record score against Australia. The point was blunt: put square pegs in square holes.
White boots to match his kit only added to the impression that he glides across the pitch, a return that restored a familiar option at the back.
His ankle injury was the major blot on England's afternoon. Given how serious it is, it cut across an otherwise encouraging display from the outside backs.