England's Ben Youngs dives over to score a try against Australia
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The Daily Telegraph's Mick Cleary was amongst those stunned by England's performance against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
"There may not have been the fanfares or the medals, and the Cook Cup is not the Webb Ellis trophy, but the manner in which England celebrated at the final whistle bore the exultant manner of their last test victory in the southern hemisphere, that in the World Cup final in 2003.
"...The throng of England fans gathered at one end toasted them as champions as the players took a much-deserved salute, the sense of deja-vu completed by the fact that it was substitute Jonny Wilkinson who kicked the winning points only a minute after coming on the field in the 51st minute.
"Mind you, it took a miss of Don Fox proportions in front of the posts from Australia's Matt Giteau ten minutes from time to aid England’s cause. They’ll take it. They deserved a break. They have lifted themselves off the canvas, showing great soul and togetherness. And they didn’t even have to rely on penalty tries, the contest at the scrum having far less impact than in Perth."
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