"It was one of the direst performances of the Stuart Lancaster era, as England were overpowered up front, eclipsed at the breakdown and played with an insouciance behind that suggested they were saving themselves for what lay ahead," Paul Rees of the Observer wrote.
Steve James from the Telegraph also didn't hold back.
"Forget the final scoreline, because England scored late tries when the game was long gone. This was a dreadful evening for them. Yes, it was only a warm-up Test away from home with rustiness an obvious companion for most of England's players and they finished admirably strongly, but this was a performance that will set all sorts of alarm bells ringing in the England camp," he wrote.
James also said that England were " simply smashed up front".
The BBC's Ben Dirs meanwhile described the defeat as 'a truly awful performance'.
