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The lessons the Wallabies must learn in order to beat the All Blacks in Bledisloe Cup III
By AAP
Wallabies attack coach Scott Wisemantel says Australia need to bring their A-game against New Zealand on Saturday, demanding accuracy as they attempt to level the Bledisloe Cup series.
Missed tackles and turnovers by the Wallabies were costly in the 27-7 loss in the second test in Auckland and Wisemantel wants to see better in the ANZ Stadium clash.
"We just need to be far more accurate," Wisemantel said.
Asked for more specifics the coach replied: "Where do you want to go? Defence, attack? Our whole all-round game we've got to be more accurate, that's it.
"We spoke about accuracy and we've got to get that right."
Wisemantel helped England head coach Eddie Jones orchestrate a win over New Zealand in last year's World Cup semi-final so knows what it takes to knock them over.
He said the Australians had the right mindset but were let down by their execution.
However, he was adamant there wasn't a "drop-off".
"There wasn't a drop-off," Wisemantel said.
"The intensity, the intent was good. You saw the intent. We went out there to score tries, we went out there to smash them.
"The problem was we didn't control the game and were inaccurate and that's what cost us.
"If you're inaccurate against New Zealand, who many say are the best team in the world, then you get punished and that's what happened."
The Wallabies will have a new inside centre following Matt Toomua's groin injury but Wisemantel felt they would be well-covered in the absence of the veteran.
Brumbies back Irae Simone could get his test debut or Hunter Paisami, who shifted there in Auckland after Toomua left the field, may also wear the No.12 jersey.
"Irae deserves to be in the squad on the back of his performances with the Brumbies," he said.
"His evolution is a slow burn ... he's changed a few things about himself and was in a great system with the Brumbies and that culmination of two things was a tipping point."
Among other changes with the team to be named Thursday, veteran fullback Dane Haylett-Petty and exciting outside centre Jordan Petaia could come into the starting side.
"When you look at that attacking shape we can chop and change within that and that's the beauty of the system that we're playing," he said.
"Whoever jumps into that role, we expect them to do the job and do it well, with good skill."
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Agreed. And I don't have much more to say on it, but I had been having one thought that sprang to mind at the tail of this discussion, and that is that it's not all about Razor.
It's not about any coach being "right". I think a lot of selections can become defense and while it doesn't really apply here I really enjoyed that Andy Farrell just gave into the public demands and changed out his team for the change that had been asked for. Like why not? This is the countries team, keep them engaged. The whole reason i've only just finished watching the game was because I wasn't interested in watching any of the selected players against a team like Italy (still actually enjoyed the first half with the contest Italy made of it).
Faz leap frogs a younger half back into start. He hands the golden child the game over July's golden child. He gives an old winger a go, a new flanker and hooker. None of them really did any good, certainly not enough to suggest they should have been promoted above others, but who cares? You won, and you gave the country what they wanted, that's all that matters after all. It's for the country, not the one in charge who thinks they have to have their own pied piper tune playing.
Go to commentsAs Naas would say... A win is a win.
It was not perfect and at times frustrating. All 3 tests were not the best by the Boks and they still found ways to win.
Rassie would have noted the sloppyness at times and silly mistakes. The 9's made amateur handling mistakes when clearing the rucks in all 3 tests.
Once the "stupid" mistakes are eliminated, this Bok team will be very very hard to beat.
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