Matt Giteau claims Australia are keeping their feet firmly on the ground after the Wallabies completed the first leg of a possible Grand Slam.

The tourists were by far the better side and fully deserved their win at Twickenham against a sorry England outfit. And while the Wallabies are by no means a poor side they had come into the clash having won only one of their previous seven matches. And perhaps because of that run, super stand-off Giteau says the Aussies aren’t thinking of emulating the 1984 Wallabies in beating all the British and Irish sides.

“It’s (the Grand Slam) definitely possible but we’ve not spoken about it,” Giteau said. And the playmaker added that the team was due a good result.

“We’ve been close in every game in the Tri-Nations bar one and we threw them away. Our big emphasis was on the second half. We kicked a lot better and our line-out functioned a lot better.

“It didn’t feel comfortable at all it’s a different England they’re looking to run the ball.

“We had a few opportunities we didn’t take but hopefully we can take them next week against different opposition. “We knew we were playing but we just had to get more of the ball and kick better.”

The Wallabies, who scored a try through scrum-half Will Genia, had been four points down at 9-5 at half-time but scored 13 unanswered points in the second-half as they spoilt Jonny Wilkinson’s return to England duty after more than 18 months out with injury.

Adam Ashley-Cooper, whose try sealed Australia’s 28-14 win in last year’s corresponding fixture, shrugged off tackles from England wing Mark Cueto and replacement back Ayoola Erinle as he powered his way over at the corner.

Giteau added the conversion to put Australia two scores in front and there was not enough time for England to come back.

Genia was at the heart of everything good about Australia. He’s been dubbed the ‘new George Gregan’ and on the evidence of yesterday it’s not an unwarranted label. And the No.9 said he wasn’t surprised by the victory.

“We knew we had to work right through the game and we knew we would have them at the end if we did that.” And England boss Martin Johnson, whose record in the hot seat doesn’t make for pleasant reading, admitted the better side won.

“Overall they deserved to win the match but there were some chances out there for us,” Johnson said.

“The second half, they dominated territory to such an extent that they were going to score points.

“We kicked away too much ball. There were times when we needed to be a bit slicker and that comes from having a long time in camp together, they’ve come straight out of the Tri-Nations. We’ll be better for it going into next week.” And the returning Wilkinson, who scored all of England’s points agrees with his former skipper that England will get better with every match.

“They’ve played a lot of Test matches and they’ve been through a lot together. This is our first one - we needed a marker to find out where we need to go next. We’re disappointed about some things but some things went well,” the No.10 said.

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