Joe Schmidt disappointed by England ‘gamesmanship’ in Wallabies’ defeat

“We’ve had, up until today, 1,256 attacking rucks. There’s two players at least in each of those. That’s 2,500 ruck entries.

“We had one yellow card. No one has left the field injured as a result of our clean-outs. We haven’t ever been excessively penalised for side entry.

“So I always find those things disappointing, but not distracting.”

Wilson and prop Taniela Tupou were penalised in quick succession in the opening five minutes for coming into the breakdown illegally. The back-to-back penalties took the Wallabies from five metres from the England line to the same distance from their own.

Australia finished the game having conceded 13 penalties in total, the same number as England.

Schmidt said he didn’t feel that Amashukeli had been influenced by England’s apparent concerns.

‘No, I don’t think so,” he said.

“We’d have a fair bit of confidence in the referee…I think the referee is a very experienced referee and he just got on and refereed the game.”