Captain James Slipper warned on Friday that the Wallabies must improve their lineout and scrum if they want to ride the momentum of beating South Africa with another win over the world champions this weekend.
Australia are chasing back-to-back victories for the first time this season and with the Rugby Championship wide open it would leave them in a strong position with two games to play against a misfiring All Blacks.
"We've got four of the best teams in the world going head-to-head week in, week out... we're obviously coming off a good result, but I guess because it's such a short competition, each win and each back-up win is crucial. It was one of their best performances this year, but they conceded 16 penalties and lost six lineouts on their own throw, which allowed the Springboks to build constant pressure." Dan had us training pretty hard on the lineout, it was a big part of our game that struggled last weekend," said Slipper, who will play his 121st Test, equalling Michael Hooper, who is on mental health leave, and former teammate Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Slipper stressed it was important for them to start showing consistency after failing to win successive matches so far this season.
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