Pressure continues to mount on the beleaguered coach Joe Schmidt after the Wallabies ended a disastrous spring tour with a damaging 48-33 loss to France in Paris.

Despite a vastly improved showing after insipid displays against England, Italy and Ireland, the Wallabies have now endured a winless four-Test tour of Europe for the first time since 1958.

Perhaps even worse, Schmidt’s side are now also the first Australian outfit to lose 10 Tests in a calendar year as the mentor’s winning percentage dipped below 40%.

The Wallabies’ dead-rubber victory over the touring British and Irish Lions and a giddy first take-down of the world champion Springboks on the South African highveld since 1963 feel light years away. South Africa make heavy weather of victory over indisciplined Ireland

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