England have plenty of reasons to be wary of Australia in deciders

England have lost their past nine matches against Australia when the result decided a final or series 2009 Four Nations final: England 16 Australia 46 A young England team did well to reach the final, and competed strongly for 60 minutes only to be blown away late on at Elland Road 2004 Tri-Nations final: Great Britain 4 Australia 44 Possibly the biggest letdown of them all. GB were confident after beating the Aussies at Wigan two weeks earlier, but the Kangaroos responded with a near-faultless first half 2001 Third Ashes Test: Great Britain 8 Australia 28 No great surprise as after catching the Aussies cold in the first Test at Huddersfield, Britain had been drubbed in the second in Bolton 1997 Third Super League Test: Great Britain 20 Australia 37 British hopes after a 20-12 win in the second Test at Old Trafford lasted less than a minute, as Laurie Daley kicked for his Canberra team-mate Ken Nagas to expose the gulf in pace between the teams 1995 World Cup final: England 8 Australia 16 Phil Larder's team had beaten the Aussies in the first game of the tournament at Wembley, but Brad Fittler led the Kangaroos to revenge 1994 Third Ashes Test: Great Britain 4 Australia 23 A grinding, efficient win from the Kangaroos at Elland Road to complete their comeback after losing the first Test 8-4 at Wembley to a brilliant Jonathan Davies try after Shaun Edwards had been sent off 1992 World Cup final: Great Britain 6 Australia 10 Britain fancied their chances at Wembley in October after coming through a three-year qualification process, but were undone by a try from Steve Renouf 1992 Third Ashes Test: Australia 16 Great Britain 10 British euphoria after a 33-10 win in the second Test at Melbourne was punctured at Brisbane's Lang Park as Australia scored two tries from Laurie Daley and Mal Meninga to Martin Offiah's lone effort 1990 Third Ashes Test: Great Britain 0 Australia 14 Britain were shut out in the first Ashes series to go to a decider since 1978, although the real sickener had come in the second Test at Old Trafford when, after winning the series opener at Wembley, they were minutes away from history until Meninga barged over