TMO DECISION, BUT IT WAS LUCKY NUMBER 14 FOR WALES

Beauden Barrett nudged the All Blacks in front with a penalty as England’s play grew progressively worse having set off like a steam train, their forwards bristling with aggression.

The momentum shift began late in the first half and was confirmed by a terrific try from Mckenzie.

Head coach Jones said of the contentious TMO ruling: “I don’t comment on those decisions.

“I’ll leave it up to that guy. If he can’t make the right decision with 10 replays, who can? “Sometimes the game loves you and sometimes the game doesn’t love you.

“We’ll get some love from the game further down the track.” Wales yesterday ended their long losing run against Australia at the 14th attempt as substitute Dan Biggar’s late penalty gave them victory in Cardiff.

Full-back Leigh Halfpenny missed two easy first-half penalties that looked to have derailed Welsh hopes of a first victory over the Wallabies since 2008.

But Halfpenny, the thirdhighest scorer in Welsh international rugby history behind Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones with more than 700 points, managed two successful strikes off the tee before Biggar came up trumps.

Halfpenny was off the pitch, having been felled by a high tackle, which meant Biggar assumed kicking duties as he edged Wales home after Bernard Foley and Matt Toomua kicked penalties for Australia.

The Wallables’ defeat will now turn up the heat on head coach Michael Cheika as they suffered an eighth loss from their last 10 matches.

It was a game that will not live long in the memory, one that was littered with errors, yet Wales will not care one iota.

In addition to ending the losing sequence, they also made it seven wins on the bounce against all opponents for a first time since 2004-05 and landed a psychological blow before the countries meet again as World Cup pool rivals in Tokyo next September.