Not only is the Wallabies pack copping it in the wake of a seventh straight Test defeat but the backline is also being berated for wasting precious opportunities.

Former English great Jeremy Guscott has taken aim at Australia's heralded attacking machine for failing to take its chances in the 26-16 loss to England at Twickenham.

Guscott identified newly converted flyhalf Mat Rogers as the prime culprit after highlighting occasions the playmaker wasted an overlap in attack, including once when he put up an innocuous garryowen.

"Australia has such talented midfield backs and not to use that skill and utilise such players is criminal," the 65-Test inside centre said on Sky Sports' rugby program.

"When you have four on three or five on three you have to use that advantage."

Guscott, regarded among the best English centres of all time, scored 30 tries in a career that spanned a decade and included a place in the 1991 World Cup final against Bob Dwyer's Wallabies.

The Wallabies backs were only allowed to operate on 30 per cent of possession for the entire Test at Twickenham as the English pack dismantled Australia up front.

Upset at being totally overpowered in the scrum, to the point Al Baxter was sin-binned and fellow prop Matt Dunning stretchered off, Australian coach Eddie Jones also lamented a lack of finishing precision.

"It's a problem but not as major as the scrum," Jones said.

Rogers, in only his second Test start at five-eighth, did also show some smart touches and is likely to be retained for Saturday's Test against Ireland at Lansdowne Road.

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