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'Devastated' Wallabies need to learn in a hurry

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Australia prop Allan Alaalatoa had a simple answer for how his team was feeling after they were humiliated by a record 43-5 defeat to New Zealand on Saturday in the Tri-Nations opener that also clinched the Bledisloe Cup for their trans-Tasman rivals.

"We're devastated," Alaalatoa said on Sunday."The boys were gutted last night and even this morning when we woke up.The lessons, however, will need to be assimilated in a hurry, with the two sides scheduled to meet again next Saturday in Brisbane.

The All Blacks, however, delivered a harsh reality check with a much more combative performance to record a 27-7 victory in Auckland and then produced a rampant and clinically executed first half at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on Saturday. The forwards also failed to match the All Blacks' physicality, dropping the ball in contact or failing to get any momentum in the tackle and the breakdown was inconsistent.

 

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