London: What a difference a year makes. Last November, former England halfback Ben Youngs stoked the fire ahead of the Wallabies’ visit to Twickenham, dismissing the visitors’ chances of victory on his podcast, saying: “Australia, don’t waste my time.”

Youngs ate humble pie after the Wallabies’ stunning victory last year, and now the narrative has changed significantly in London. Former England and Lions winger Ugo Monye believes that writing off the Wallabies has proven a fool’s errand.

“They’re a team that’s had to live with a narrative maybe for the last year or so, where people just write them off,” Monye, who has also worked as a commentator, said.

“I think at times people have been borderline disrespectful [to the Wallabies]. I remember heading down to the [British and Irish] L

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