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  1. Regardless of who plays at pivot, this Test will be won up front. New Zealand has a young, rebuilt tight five and if Angus Bell plays, Dave Porecki returns and Taniel Tupou recovers, Australia have the front row to take them down. Porecki as rake will get the lineout back on track, and leave Folau Fainga’a to rumble on late and dent the defence in the red zone.
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  2. Up and down has been the Wallaby way, but for all their injuries, dud luck and erratic form, this side has been making progress. Michael Hooper won’t be there for the Bledisloe but Fraser McReight has filled his boots. Jed Holloway and Rob Valetini are both rising fast. Maybe, like the wallaby’s sister species the kangaroo, they will come to emblemise Australia for never taking a backward step. Against the All Blacks, they cannot afford to give an inch.
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  3. The embarrassing mess dropped Australia to equal-second with South Africa on the Rugby Championship ladder on nine points, a point behind new ladder-leaders New Zealand, who bounced back themselves by restoring the old world order in a 53-3 thrashing of Argentina. To win their first southern-hemisphere title since 2015, Australia must do what no Wallabies side for 19 years has: claim the Bledisloe Cup with back-to-back wins over the All Blacks.
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  4. If they get the firepower right up front, there’s time for finesse out wide. Nic White’s needle backfired against South Africa and his heir Jake Gordon looked good for the final 20. But the bantam half will be bristling like his moustache and should be given another shot. Winger Tom Wright tries hard but flier Andrew Kellaway may displace him. If full-back Jordan Petaia can make it back and big winger Suliasi Vunivalu is considered, the All Blacks may quiver.
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  5. Lolesio looked spooked on Saturday, but Rennie must show faith in the 22-year-old talent. However, the coach must see the absence of X-factor that he had hoped a Quade Cooper or James O’Connor might provide. Alas, the former is injured and the latter out of form. That brings returned 33-year-old veteran Bernard Foley back into calculations for Melbourne.
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  6. Rennie’s 6-2 bench was a bust on Saturday when Lolesio and Paisami had to be benched but his Brumbies coaching staff of Dan McKellar and Laurie Fisher will want heavy artillery in reserve so the rolling maul can spearhead the charge. Matt Philip will want redemption after his yellow card in Sydney and should start with Darcy Swain if only to raise Rory Arnold’s ire.
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  7. Foley is no maverick like Cooper but he is known as “The Iceman”, and a top-gun playmaker. His 71 Tests of experience, three years in Japan and poise under pressure could inject some calm into this callow side. And they will need it to move on from Sydney and face the rising black tide with gusto (Foley should YouTube David Knox dismantling the All Blacks in 1994).
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  8. The fact all four teams in the Championship have been on the same win-lose-win-lose rollercoaster should be of small consolation. “It highlights how tough international footy is at the moment,” Rennie reckons. “The teams are so even. If you’re even 5% off, you get hurt.” Rennie must find that 5% to have a hope at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on 15 September.
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  9. He may be doing it without young fly-half Lolesio and hard-running centre Paisami. The latter left the field groggy, clearly a Category 1 concussion which means a 12-day stand-down. Lolesio failed his HIA on Saturday but even if he passes his subsequent checks may still suffer a seven-day cooling period – hardly perfect preparation for an All Blacks side on the up.
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  10. Erik ten Hag said the reason for Casemiro being kept on the bench against Arsenal was “Scott McTominay is playing really well”. The Scotland midfielder looked set to be a victim of Casemiro’s arrival from Real Madrid but has improved under Ten Hag, a sign of what quality coaching can provide. Against Arsenal he kept things simple; in the first half he achieved 100% passing accuracy, taking 27 touches and winning two tackles. He provided the base to allow Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes freedom to make a difference further up the pitch. Casemiro’s arrival has pushed McTominay on, knowing his previous best will not be good enough to earn a starting spot. Seeing what Casemiro does in training will be helpful because he has had no role model at the club in recent years and only got his chance due to the paucity of options. Finally he looks like a United player, but he still has a fight on his hands to keep his spot. Will Unwin
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