King says Wales’ attack game is developing and points to the team try that Liam Williams scored last weekend.

“We held the ball for 24 phases,” said King.

“We want to play with speed of ball, stress the defence with multiple options going to the line, get our back three in the game and get speed into our game.

“So I thought Liam’s try was good. The forwards rolled their sleeves up in the first half and got us back into the game with their maul.

“Rio [Dyer] scored a great individual try, showing his X-factor as well. There’s a lot of positives to take from the game but we can’t afford to hurt ourselves as we did on the weekend.”

Wales have lost nine consecutive internationals, including the two Tests against Australia in Sydney and Melbourne, where the tourists lost 36-28 last weekend.

“The results haven’t gone our way, we’re under no illusions about that but performance wise, I felt there was a real step up on Saturday,” said King.

“I spoke to Joe Schmidt [Australia coach] after the game and he felt they’d got away with one on Saturday.

“The biggest learning is understanding what it takes to win a Test match.

“That only comes with experience and the only way you get that is by playing.

“It’s tough at the moment but the guys will come out of this better prepared for the autumn.”