Michael Cheika says spring tour a positive experience for Wallabies despite losing three straight Tests The Wallabies have slumped to their worst Spring Tour in nine years, losing 26-17 to England. The Wallabies were no match for England at Twickenham. HIS team might have just completed the worst Spring tour for nine years and copped a hammering from England in the last match, but Wallaby coach Michael Cheika can still see the positives. Given the way the Wallabies limped out of Australia five weeks ago, virtual social pariahs following the biggest scandal in the code's history and led by a coach many of them had never met before, it's probably understandable, but with just one win from four Tests Cheika knows the public might not agree. "I suppose I'm able to rate the tour on two levels," he said. There's the on-field results, and that is a straight division of wins divided by games played. That's how you get the success rate. I know a lot of people would be looking at it that way, and that's fine for them to do that but they're not the coach. From my point of view I needed implement new things and to see things that I have to address straight away. I also needed to get to know the players I have to know really well for the future and looking forward to the World Cup. From that perspective I think it's been a really positive trip, really helpful for me and I'm feeling good about what I'm seeing. He certainly worked the players hard and got a head start on building the culture he believes is necessary to building a winning team. As for finding things that need addressing, he didn't have to look far. The deficiencies shown by the scrum against England cried out for attention. As England coach Stuart Lancaster said after the match, "We could get the ball out of the scrum quickly and get it to our wingers to try to score a try, but why would we?" It is an attitude that other coaches in Australia's World Cup pool will have after watching the series, and one Cheika says he will start work on refuting immediately. Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says the spring tour was a positive experience for his side. While he plans to bring in new personnel to beef up the front row, there were plenty of performances on tour to suggest Cherika has some good talent to work with. Without doubt the find of trip was 20 year-old flankerer Sean McMahon who burst into Test contention with an eye-catching performance as a replacement for the hamstrung Scott Higginbotham in the tour opener against the Barbarians. Cheika was equally impressed with how quickly some players adapted to his new ideas. "Some players have to change their game a fair bit and the understanding of the detail is very important," he said. I think James Slipper has really grown in that area. Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has slammed his side's scrum, with Australia thoroughly outclassed by England at set pieces. Ben McCalman has delivered also in the physicality that he has played with. His ball carrying has really been excellent. I've been really happy with Will Genia and Quade Cooper because they played in an absolutely different system previously. The way they have bought in to try to understand where to play and what to do with different areas I've been happy with. Tevita Kuridrani's natural ability has impressed me and I think Nick Phipps has been outstanding. He has made a few small mistakes in his passing but his energy in the game, his passing, the ground he's covering and the certainty he is giving us around the delivery of our ball has been very good. Halfbacks pass around 100 times in the game which is a lot more than other positions so that requires consistency. So yes, he's made a couple of blues but his positive influence on the team has far outweighed any of those mistakes.