LONDON :After a 22-year wait it was a huge anti-climax for England's rugby league fans on Saturday as their team were blown away 26-6 by Australia, who underlined their position as the sport's superpower with a totally dominant Wembley display.

Since England triumphed in 1970, Australia have won 13 successive series and England have not managed one on home soil since 1959.

They had hoped the "Wembley factor" might give them a flying start, with lots of media nostalgia this week looking back at famous victories there in 1990, 1994 and 1995 and a British Ashes record crowd of 60,812 in attendance.

Ultimately those three wins all proved false dawns but there was barely of chink of sunlight for the hosts on Saturday after they had held their own in a tight, scoreless opening 20 minutes

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