That is your lot from the first Ashes test. It's been 22 years since the last one and nothing has changed, well maybe apart from post-match selfies for the winners.

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England

England head coach Shaun Wane has been speaking a little bit more about what went wrong today for his side: "Poor. I know what these players are capable of, but didn't give ourselves a chance to win. It hurts a lot, we didn't put our best show on today. What we did wrong are easy fixes.

"A bit apprehensive, that's down to us as coaches - will look at what we have done. We made line breaks and didn't score, they were clinical. We have to hold our hands up, we were not there today. But there next week, [it's the] beauty of three test matches.

"The way we turned the ball over, the quality of our last play. They outplayed and outkicked us. It is easy to fix, but has a knock on effect. Simple rugby, we did not nail the details.I have a strong 24, want to look at everybody. We will be better next week.

"Very disappointed in the dressing room. Really wanted to see the best of our players, but undersold ourselves today. That's torture for me. Walsh is a great player, but we need to put him under more pressure."

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Wembley

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Twenty-two years later, same story. Australia picked up where they left off in their domination of the rugby league Ashes.

During the last series in 2003, the Kangaroos won 3-0 after edging a trio of tight contests.

All three games were won by six points or fewer, with Great Britain having led in the second half.

The early signs here are the 2025 edition may not be so close. England did not shirk from the challenge, but Australia had more quality when it mattered and eased through the gears in the second half to win comfortably.

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Australia

Australia head coach Kevin Walters, speaking to BBC One: "Out of the blocks well for the team.

"Very happy to get the win here. That was going got be the key to our success, making sure they gelled well quickly. They're footballers, so I didn't think it would be too big of a job to get them together.

"We have only been together for a week and half. Enjoy tonight, enjoy the win, then tomorrow the focus is up to Liverpool for Test two. We have got to make sure we get out own game right."

On Reece Walsh: "He is a great asset of ours, and it is good seeing him playing in the Australian colours.

Jamie Peacock
Former England captain on BBC One

"The problem with playing in the Ashes, and David Waite, the coach, used to say this, is that it's always advantage Australia. Because the Australians get to play a three-match series every year in the State of Origin, so they know what it feels like to be 1-0 down, and they know what it's like to be 1-0 up, whereas it's a brand new experience for England. That's just another hurdle we have to overcome."

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England

England's Morgan Knowles, speaking to BBC Sport: "It was tough. We didn't help ourselves, and we probably did well going in 8-0 at half-time.

"It probably took it out of us too much. Second half we just weren't good enough, and we will have to look at that during the week going into the second Test.

"We will take confidence from the fact we still created opportunities. There are positives, but the overriding feeling is disappointment. We need to be a lot better.

"We didn't give our best account of ourselves - really disappointing.

"They're a good team with loads of good players, but so are we. They get built up and put on a pedestal, but we're not that far behind them. We know we can compete."

Jon Wilkin
Former England international on BBC One

The Reece Walsh contributions, the two on one, he picked them off. They are massive. It's like the Grand Final, Wigan missed two opportunities and Hull KR go one and win.

Sam Burgess
Former England captain on BBC One

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If England get the basics done well and have a bit more connection on their edge defence. Then it puts the pressure on Australia a little bit. The benefit for both sides is they have both played each other and they will have some vision to work from.

When it was out of reach for England we saw Mikey Lewis come on the ball, we saw Herbie Farnworth in the middle, George Williams take them on, Jez Litten had a little bit and Kai Pearce-Paul was a threat. They will be much better next week.

Jon Wilkin
Former England international on BBC One

Australia have kept really quiet and they produced an exceptional performance.

Sam Burgess
Former England captain on BBC One

It is interesting listening to Cameron Munster. Australia have obviously watched Shaun Wane's speech. They came in trying to come under the radar. They were coming here red hot and ready to go.

Australia

Cameron Munster has spoken to BBC One about his team-mate Reece Walsh, Australia's star man: "I'm very lucky to play with him. He broke my heart in the Grand Final. Speed kills, and he's got it. He's a special talent. He's going to get better, which is scary to see."

Jamie Peacock
Former England captain on BBC One

Australia did look clunky at times in that first 20 minutes. That is the danger for England when they go up another gear.

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Australia

Australia's Cameron Munster, speaking to BBC One: "Look, at times England played some good footy, we just scrambled really well in defence. It could have been a different scoreline at half-time. We've been a bit lucky tonight. We need to get better and they're going to get better.

"They're very strong and they get into that grinding game of footy. We took our opportunities tonight but I'm sure England will do the same next week.

"It took me a couple of days to get over the jet lag but I love England. The only thing I don't like is the traffic."

Australia

Australia's Nathan Cleary, speaking to BBC One: "It was good fun, but a bit scrappy at times. To pull on this gold and green jersey is amazing at this stadium is unbelievable as well.

"Another great stadium with a good crowd. We want to build on this and get better."

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Jon Wilkin
Former England international on BBC Two

Let's be clear about something, 11 times more people play rugby league in Australia than here. The salary cap is almost three times more than ours. They should be coming here and beating us.

Sam Burgess
Former England captain on BBC One

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The poor kick-chase down the right at the start of the second half summed up the game for England.

If you listen to what Australia are saying about being scratchy, look out England next week.

In the first 50 minutes Reece Walsh was the difference. The last 30 minutes was muscle memory for the rest of the team.

Australia

Australia full-back Reece Walsh, man of the match, speaking to BBC One: "It was pretty surreal for myself being at Wembley, being among world-class players. We definitely got the support from everyone who's here to support us.

"I'm probably happier with the two tries I stopped [than the two I scored]. I think that goes a long way to getting the result tonight. They got that late try there that we're pretty disappointed with. But we'll work hard during the week and try to get that stuff right."

England

England head coach Shaun Wane, speaking to BBC One: "Our end of sets were poor. The best team won, Australia. They made how many line breaks and scored. We made line breaks and didn't score. We weren't clinical enough, but the positive thing is we can correct that. We can be miles better than that and that's what we aim to do.

"International sport, that's it. I have learned from coaching in the Super League you can't make errors. If you have a chance to score you have to score. I thought our physicality was good and our effort was good, but our finishing end of sets, the way we kicked - all the things that have a huge affect on your energy.

"We made line breaks, but not enough. When you turn the ball over on play three and four, making extra tackles, but all of a sudden you're gassed and you can't attack the same."

Jamie Peacock
Former England captain on BBC One

It's disappointing. We came here with hope that England could win. We saw them create opportunities in the first half. Australia clicked up a couple of gears in the second half.

England know they need to improve. The annoying thing is the simple parts of the game, they didn't do them well enough.

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Australia

Australia's Angus Crichton, speaking to BBC One: "Exciting! It was cool to come out here at Wembley in front of a good crowd.

"We were really scrappy, but what I did like was our gritty attitude. We worked hard for each other.

"I should have had more [tries] if I wasn't headbutting the ball. It is always nice to get across the line."

On visiting the Hill Dickinson Stadium: "They will be mad. They will be a bit more rogue than these guys."