England player ratings: Jez Litten shows class but Mikey Lewis struggles out of position in Headingley defeat

The Kangaroos were far from their best having wrapped up the Ashes with a match to spare but they were still too good for Shaun Wane's one-dimensional hosts.

Australia came to play and had to wait just five minutes for the opening try, Josh Addo-Carr racing over from Cameron Munster's floated pass.

Hudson Young extended the tourists' lead after emergency full-back Mikey Lewis failed to deal with Munster's kick before England hit back out of nowhere through George Williams on the back of a scintillating break from Jez Litten.

Harry Smith added a penalty to his conversion on the stroke of half-time to cut the deficit to four points and it remained 12-8 following Addo-Carr's disallowed try.

England dominated field position in the early stages of the second half but failed to make it count and were out of the game when Harry Grant scampered over from dummy-half.

Reece Walsh benefited from a huge slice of fortune and added another in the dying minutes to round off a miserable series for the home team.

Here, The Yorkshire Post rates the England players.

AJ Brimson: An injury ended his first-ever visit to Headingley inside 10 minutes. N/A

Joe Burgess: Alert to prevent an early try but had some shaky moments and fed off scraps in attack. 5

Harry Newman: Wholehearted performance on his home ground but, like the rest of his fellow outside backs, struggled for good ball. 6

Herbie Farnworth: Tried to get England going with his offloading game but it was a frustrating series for the home side's star man. 6

Tom Johnstone: For all his effort, there were no opportunities to get on the outside of Australia's superb edge defence. 6

George Williams: Raced through in support to add the finishing touches to Litten's moment of magic but was otherwise poor once again. 5

Harry Smith: Offers nothing in the way of a running threat and Australia knew it, comfortably dealing with the Wigan Warriors half-back. 5

Mike McMeeken: Huge effort from the Wakefield Trinity man who carried strongly and never backed down from the challenge. 7

Jez Litten: Produced the moment of the series from a home perspective and was as good as anybody in an England shirt over the three Tests. 8

Matty Lees: Another solid effort from the St Helens prop who led England's fight throughout. 7

Kallum Watkins: A mixed bag from the Leeds Rhinos back-rower but his effort never waned. 6

Kai Pearce-Paul: Showed glimpses of his ball-carrying threat but got no change out of Australia's rearguard. 6

Morgan Knowles: Defensively strong as ever but real question marks over whether he is an international loose forward with the ball. 6

Substitutes

Mikey Lewis: Thrown in at full-back for the first time in two years and it showed in a poor showing, even if he did grow into the role. 5

Alex Walmsley: Solid effort but hard to make a case for him going to the World Cup. 6

Morgan Smithies: Brought aggression in a repeat of Everton. 6

Mikolaj Oledzki: Had a real dig off the bench but not the result he wanted on his 27th birthday. 6