Following their second successive Dubai Sevens Cup title, England will head into this weekend's Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens buoyed by their victory.

Ben Ryan's side beat France 29-12 in the final of the second round in the 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series, and now they are looking to continue their form in Port Elizabeth.

"The mood in camp has been good as you'd imagine," said head coach Ryan.

"The guys look more relaxed than they did heading into Dubai and a victory does a lot of things to boost morale in a team, with confidence and belief.

"We were lucky to get a victory under our belt early in the Series, and a bit like Fiji in round one both teams now have that belief that they can win more tournaments and more games."

England's last Cup victory was at the 2010 Dubai Sevens, as they got off to the best possible start by winning the first round of the 2010/11 Series.

Strength in depth

They went on to reach three of the next four Cup finals, but were unable to push on and finished third in the overall Series, behind New Zealand and South Africa.

This year, however, Ryan believes his side are better equipped to build on their early season victory.

"Logistically we were light last year so a couple of injuries really affected us," added Ryan.

"This year we have far more depth so there are guys who haven't played a huge amount but there is very little between them and the starters.

"We have changed our playing style as well and we haven't actually hit top gear yet, and we still have a lot of things we are doing in practice that we aren't actually translating in games.

"Everyone understands their role a lot better and is a bit more comfortable with the systems we have put in place."

Fierce competition

Following their Cup victory, England now face pool matches with Argentina, USA and Samoa, hoping to win back-to-back tournaments.

The last three Cup finals have yielded six different finalists and there are just 11 points separating the top six teams meaning this season is already looking to be one of the most competitive to date.

And with the likes of New Zealand, hosts South Africa and Samoa all looking to bounce back after relatively disappointing campaigns in Dubai, this weekend is set to be yet another enthralling tournament on the Series.

"It would be nice to do well here so we are topping the Series," explained Ryan.

"But although you have half an eye on it, this season I am not as addicted to looking at that table and at the moment we just want to do as well as we can.

"I hope there is one team in the final that is the same from last week's, but I can quite easily see two new teams hitting the final such is the competition.

"There are a lot of teams hurting, particularly South Africa and New Zealand and both of those teams will have a good run this week."