Nick Easter confessed to being "sick and tired" of losing rugby matches with England after this latest flop.

The Harlequins forward echoed the angry post-match reaction of boss Martin Johnson to Australia's great escape on Saturday.

And he warned his team mates that heads would likely roll unless they somehow conjure up a victory in the second Test in Sydney this weekend.

"I'm sick and tired of being on the wrong end of results," raged Easter following England's 13th defeat in 22 matches under Johnson.

"I don't want to be learning more lessons. I want us to be executing properly and winning games. Our standards have got to be higher. Top class sides would have closed out the game."

Easter's outburst provided an insight into the frustration felt by a squad of talented individuals still unable to cut it as a top-class Test team.

"I'm as annoyed as I have ever been after an England game," he added. "I imagine there will be changes if we lose again next week because we can't go on like this."

In the land where Martin Johnson lifted the World Cup, England are back to being every Aussie's favourite punchline.

As they flew out of Perth yesterday even the pilot got in on the act. "It could be worse boys," he said over the tannoy. "You could be an English goalkeeper".

But it is no joke for Johnson, whose win-loss record is now poorer than those of predecessors Brian Ashton and Andy Robinson when they were sacked.

Last night scrum coach Graham Rowntree leapt to his defence saying: "I've got every faith in Johnno. He's a mate, I trust him and he's the right man for the job.

"A couple of wins under his belt and others will be saying the same. But we can't hide away from the fact we're not getting them."

Rowntree kept up his end of the bargain at the Subiaco Oval where England won arguably the most one-sided scrummaging battle Test rugby has seen.

So dominant was their set-piece that they became the first team to be awarded two penalty tries in a match between two major nations.

They forced the Wallabies to concede nine penalties, a free-kick and a man to the sin-bin as time and again their scrum collapsed under pressure.

Yet England, tackling as though it was optional, conspired to lose the game through their inability to do anything much more creative than bend over and push.

Prop star Dan Cole admitted they were sloppy and needed to sharpen up. "We've got to analyse ourselves and be pretty brutal, individually and as a team, and put things right," he said.

"This was a good opportunity for us and we missed it. We did a job and got the result we wanted at the scrum but we lost the match and that is annoying and frustrating."

It could have been even worse had the injury-ravaged Wallabies been more clinical with the opportunities that came their way.

As it was they led 14-0 at half-time with half-backs Luke Burgess and two-try Quade Cooper totally outclassing Danny Care and Toby Flood.

Only then did England's scrum finally cash in on its dominance, leaving Welsh ref Nigel Owens no option other than to award two penalty tries which pulled them back to 21-17.

It should have been the springboard to a late onslaught but England simply don't have the ability to unpick the world's best defences.

And no amount of chopping and changing to their team this week is likely to alter that unhappy truth.

AUSTRALIA - Tries: Elsom, Cooper 2. Cons: O'Connor 3. Pens: O'Connor, Cooper.

ENGLAND - Tries: Penalty 2. Cons: Flood 2. Pen: Flood.