A lively Wallabies performance in Japan has failed to convince the world media that they are on track to overhaul the All Blacks.
Veteran rugby writer Wayne Smith, in The Australian, said: "While the gap between the Wallabies and All Blacks might have closed marginally, it still is depressingly wide."'
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The All Blacks' upcoming games against England and Ireland "will demonstrate whether the other top sides in world rugby as just as far off the pace as is Australia."