Hooker Stephen Moore admits the Wallabies forwards are filthy about conceding a penalty try against France as the long search for dominance continues.

Australia's pack, and in particular Moore and tighthead prop Al Baxter, buried some demons with a dominant display against England nine days ago at Twickenham.

But the ghosts of the past came back to haunt them in Paris on Saturday night when the French profited from a collapsed Australian scrum on their own try line.

"It's certainly disappointing because as a front rower that's what we pride ourselves on all tour and we said before we left (Australia) we wanted to be consistent in that area," Moore said on Monday.

"I think we have for the major part. But it was very disappointing to have a scrum like that in that Test.

"But we've got to put that behind us now and move on. If we want to be a good scrum, we've got to scrummage well against the best.

"That's something we've still got to work on."

Moore rated the French pack one of the best Australia had faced this season but said the Wallabies were expecting an equally tough time against Wales this Saturday at Millennium Stadium.

"They've got a strong front row. They can put a lot of pressure on opposition ball," he said.

"I know they got disrupted a couple of times by the All Blacks (last Saturday) on their ball but, on opposition ball, they certainly cause a fair bit of disruption.

"Just from watching the video, they like to make it fairly scrappy and that's something we're going to have to be wary of."

Moore rejected the theory of Welsh commentators that the inroads the Wallabies scrum appeared to make at Twickenham should now be completely discounted in the wake of England's record 42-6 loss to South Africa at the weekend.

"I saw a few of the scrums and it looked like England had South Africa under a bit of pressure," he said.

"But you've got to prove yourself every week at this level.

"There's no time to rest on your laurels. That's what Test footy is about - playing well every week.

"The scrum's definitely a big part of that."

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