The addition of boom young gun Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been good for the Wallabies but the platform laid by new coach Joe Schmidt before his arrival has been the catalyst for the form turnaround which has the Australians on the verge of a 40-year first after a “pretty grim” 2023.
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend labelled code-hopper Suaalii “world class already” ahead of the clash with the “improved” Wallabies in Edinburgh this weekend on the back of big wins over first England then Wales.
Townsend also labelled Schmidt a “brilliant coach” who only needed time to bring the best out of the Wallabies echoing the thoughts of Australian scrum-half Nic White who said his teammates weren’t surprised with the past two results which have created the prospect of a first UK grand slam since 1984.
“No, I think it’s not surprised us,” White, who was part of the 52-20 thumping of Wales last weekend said.
“We were quite frustrated in the TRC [Rugby Championship] with a couple of results. We’ve been working hard and the results the last couple of weeks have been off the back of a lot 스포츠토토사이트 of that hard work. But we fully understand we’ve got a lot of hard work ahead of us at where we want to be. We were a bee’s away from being on the wrong side of that result in England.
“We did some good things in the game [against Wales] on the weekend. There’s plenty we need to work on and we’ve been working at that. It’s good to see parts of our game starting to come together.
“We know we’re up against a different side this week. We’re going to have to be a lot better to come to Murrayfield and get a result against a Scottish side that’s really bloody good at the moment. We’re excited by that challenge, but like I said, we’re under no illusion as to the hard work that needs to go in to prepare ourselves to be able to put a performance out there that we’re happy with.
“Joe said it right from the start: you’ve got to earn it each week and that starts today.
“This belief has slowly been built off the back of trust.