ENGLAND hooker Mark Regan said Australia was "crap" at the rugby World Cup, and has labelled Matt Dunning and the Wallabies front row "the Teletubbies".

Speaking at a Hong Kong Sevens lunch, 35-year-old Regan said dumping Australia from the World Cup in the quarter-finals had been sweeter than beating France at home in the semis.

"They were absolutely crap," Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post quoted Regan as saying of the Australians.

"They didn't have a front row to talk about … Beating the Aussies was my best moment. Beating the French came in a close second."

The report said Regan, who came out of retirement this year, had labelled the Wallabies front row "the Teletubbies", a reference to the pot-bellied children's television characters. He also claimed Australia "had had it easy in their group."

Regan also hit back at teammate Lawrence Dallaglio's attack on coach Brian Ashton, which he dismissed as a marketing ploy to sell his new autobiography.

"To say that we were like a pub team, and accuse Brian of not having the skills for the job is rubbish," Regan was quoted as saying.

England was thrashed 36-0 by South Africa in the pool stage of the World Cup before reaching the final, where it was beaten 15-6 by the Springboks.

AAP