Australia's Matt Giteau called the shots as the Wallabies exposed the lack of penetration from Martin Johnson's injury-ravaged side, according to Hugh Godwin in the Independent on Sunday.
"There is a long list of troubling tasks facing Martin Johnson and his cohort of England coaches this morning. So low did the sweet chariot swing yesterday that the metronomic swipe of Jonny Wilkinson's boot was drowned out by chimes of doom among a Twickenham crowd who cheered their returning hero whenever they could but were not so sycophantic as to ignore the discordant rugby unfolding in front of them.
"While the Barbour brigade groaned, the Wallabies kicked off their Grand Slam bid with a win which would have been by a much wider margin had they finished off two second-half overlaps. England's fitful bursts of sustained excellence in open play were perpetrated too far from the Australian goal line to make any significant difference."
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