Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens isn’t happy.

His Australians went down to the Kiwis for a third successive time at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday and Sheens had no excuses.

“The last try before half-time probably made it a bit tough for us mentally but we were positive in the sheds and came out and defended them to nil in the second half,” Sheens said.

“They were just protecting their lead too I suppose, but taking nothing away from them we just didn’t play up to speed.

“Too many mistakes – some fundamental mistakes for an Australian side [and] we gifted them football and some discipline problems too in a couple of instances.

“We started well but didn’t execute it, didn’t finish it and defended poorly on our own line when we did give them the penalties.”