Cipriani sees positives in defeat

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The Wasps fly-half emerged from England's 28-14 defeat by Australia admitting he had learned a big lesson in how to close out a rugby match but he remained in positive mood for next weekend's Twickenham replay of the World Cup final against South Africa.

"I'm enjoying my rugby. It wasn't the right result but the signs are all positive," Cipriani said. "Just a few tweaking things and I think the England side will be much more productive next time."

The 21-year-old predicted they would learn the lessons in time for the clash against the Springboks, which also gives England the opportunity to erase the memory of that 26-0 demolition in the World Cup group phase.

So what lessons did they learn on Saturday?

"Mostly about team unity," said Cipriani. "Australia knew what they were doing. They had a team structure and kept to it. That's what we need to do.

"It was a learning curve for a lot of us. There were some good things and some things we need to work on. We're a new side.

"We were a bit ill-disciplned and we need to work on that but it was not through lack of effort.

"We'll learn a lot more from this week's video than from last week's."