After emerging victorious from the World Cup’s group of death the Wallabies can take on Scotland with confidence but not complacencyFear of having peaked in the pool stages will probably not be keeping Michael Cheika and Australia awake at night. Not even losing David Pocock and Israel Folau to injury may disturb their slumber. Teams on a roll tend to sleep well. As long as the coach tells his charges that they absorb hardly started and finds a few (rare) video bits of imperfection against Fiji,Uruguay, England and Wales, and the Wallabies should be able to concentrate on the vital to improve.
No dip in application can be tolerated,they will be telling themselves – no complacency now that the pool of death has been successfully navigated, no relaxation because Sunday’s game is against only the runners-up from the quirky but ultimately less taxing Pool B. Scotland are no mugs, or they will be reciting. No yellow cards,Will Genia and Dean Mumm will be repeating to themselves; no shoulder-charging the breakdown, Michael Hooper will be reminded. tough to resist, and he may be muttering to himself – but resist he must. The ban next time might not be so lenient.
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Source: theguardian.com