Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has trouble on his wary hands according to the Sydney Morning Herald's Greg Growden.
"What a waste! After such encouraging signs in Hong Kong and Cardiff, the Wallabies came to Twickenham and showed they are well short of the finished product when their many inadequacies - and in particular an inability to win the physical contest - enabled England to beat them at their own game.
Again the Australians got ahead of themselves by reading their own press and believing they were the magicians of the world stage, but didn't have the grunt, leadership or Plan B to work their way out of trouble when it got tough.
A triumph at Twickenham in front of a sell-out crowd would have been a defining moment for the tourists. However, an audience expecting entertainment from the Wallabies instead witnessed their soft underbelly, as England won the big collisions and advanced over the gain line almost every time they were in possession, and knocked Australia back when they were in attack."
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