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Australian back Adam Ashley-Cooper reflects on defeat to Ireland and looks ahead to their match with England at Twickenham this weekend.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australia back:

"I think the Irish did really in terms of coming at us in the air, where we certainly weren't expecting. I think Jonathan Sexton had a really good game in that area and he kicked to areas of the field that we weren't - that's an area we'll address this week during training so it nullifies any threats like that the English may pose.

"Looking forward you can certainly treat it as a warm up game but the reality is that it's seven or eight months away. We do have England at Twickenham in the World Cup so this gives us the reality of what it's going to be like. And I think everyone's excited by that.

"Look, it's important to take both the negative and positive out of certain situations and even though we've copped a couple of blows over the last couple of weeks I think over the longer term, bigger picture we're in better shape than we were at the start of the tour. Like I said, we're a team that's certainly developing and growing as an Australian team. And like I said, we really want to finish this tour on a high because this is the last opportunity that we have together to provide something that we can pick up next year."