London: Michael Cheika says there is no point making a complaint to World Rugby about a number of refereeing decisions he believes were incorrect in Australia's biggest ever defeat to England in 108 years.
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While Cheika stressed he did not want to make excuses for his side's tryless effort at Twickenham, he was visibly unhappy during the match which finished up at 30-6 the way of the hosts.
The Wallabies were in the contest until the dying stages as they trailed 13-6 but three late tries to England sealed their 21st victory from 22 matches.
In the past Cheika has contacted referees boss Alain Rolland to clarify different things, however this time the Wallabies coach doesn't think it is necessary after two Australian tries were not awarded by the TMO as well as a let-off when it appeared the ball had touched the sideline in the led-up to an England try.
"[There is] no point," Cheika said. "We just deal with what we can deal with. If you have to go and make submissions about that kind of stuff then there is no point in going.
"I am not sure who the TMO was. I am not sure about the process, how many replays for one incident and how many replays for another. I don't know - he probably just makes his own mind up.
"Nothing is going to come from it, I know, first hand.
"We had opportunities and they are things in our control no matter the conditions. We are doing everything we can to become a team and a nation that plays rugby with no excuses.
"We showed a lot of courage, a lot of determination, we stayed in the game in a fair bit of adversity and when the moments came for us to put pressure on England we made some mistakes and they were able to capitalise."
The Wallabies were on the receiving end of a 9-3 penalty count against them at half-time and had both Michael Hooper (repeated infringement) and Kurtley Beale (deliberate knock-down) shown yellow cards.
"Obviously you are not real happy when your team goes down to 13 [players]," Cheika said. "Obviously you are steaming but you have to say to yourself 'what changes will I make?' It's totally normal to get angry but you have to clear your head straightaway and make the situational changes to cut off the attack and we were able to stave off those attacks and go in at the break 6-0."
It is the fifth straight loss for Australia against England, dating back to the June series last year.
Although the margin was only six points at the 72nd minute mark, the end difference of 24 points was England's ever biggest win over the Wallabies.
Their previous best win was by 17 points on three different occasions (1973, 1976 and 2010).
"We got ourselves back in the contest but we just got fatigued," Cheika said. "I feel for our supporters. We had a lot of well-wishers and people who got up in the morning to watch the game. We didn't want it to pan out like that.
Sorry but the ref in wallabies v England is a disgrace . The IRB WR has lost the plot. . Never seen a disgraceful game by a sick and Tom as well. Sorry I don't know why I love this game.??? David Campese (@Davidcampese11) November 18, 2017
Late in the match, Cheika was seen copping grief from fans in the crowd and a verbal spat ensued as he walked down to the playing field.
"There are plenty of fans giving me a gobful, I can assure you and not nice, not pleasant," Cheika said. "I know when I walk down the stairs that I'm going to cop abuse but that's the way she rolls. The reason you go downstairs is to get the messages about re-arranging players, and there was a lot that had to go on."
Meanwhile, Cheika said he was pleased with debutant Blake Enever.
"[He] did his job exceptionally well," Cheika said. "Played longer than I thought he would and really got involved in the game. Feel for him [that] he lost, but he should be very proud of himself."
