Five stars will return to the Wallabies side after missing the Santa Fe slaughter through injury - and one veteran will play first Test career in three years.
Wallabies assistant coach and former British and Irish Lion Geoff Parling has rejected the “extreme” opinions of former teammates that Australia are too weak to challenge the Lions next year and that the famous touring side would be better playing South Africa instead.
Ahead of Schmidt officially naming his team on Thursday, Parling conceded that there was no way to “sugarcoat what happened” in Santa Fe, where the Wallabies were“But we have to get back up and get ready, because of the test that’s coming on Saturday. If we dwell on that– we’ve got to take the learnings from it, obviously – but if you’re dwelling on it too long, we’re not going to turn it around; we’re not going to move forward.
But Parling also noted that “the scoreline in the first 20 probably flattered us slightly” and the Wallabies’ ability to arrest the damage in the second-half was a focal point.
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