Australian captain Harry Wilson has said that the Wallabies learn the lessons of the 2013 series to the British and Irish lions, while offering to prevent a repeat of their opening test.
Kurtley Beale’s early loss of foot, while he hit a potentially match-winning penalty with the last kick of the game in Brisbane, a second late Miss from the tee that turned out to be duration, while the Lions gave a 1-0 lead with a 23-21 victory.
The Wallabies are again organizing the tourists in the opening conflict in Suncorp Stadium this weekend, whereby the location in Brisbane is used heavily for other sports and rugby union. The Dolphins, one of the two National Rugby League (NRL) sides established in Brisbane to call the ground home, defeated the North Queensland Cowboys on Thursday evening.
While the forecast is fair on Saturday, the rain fell in the capital on Friday in Queensland and the surface fell that looks a little worse for wear while Australia trained on match evening.
Wilson insisted that his side will be fully prepared for slippery circumstances, because they would like to stay away from Beale-like accidents.
“It’s a bit slippery to be honest,” said Wilson, who broke the side of No. 8, “we will pack a number of decent studs.
“This field gets a lot of traffic, which we are on their guard. We have had nice weather this week to today. It is clearly a bit slippery, so it is something we have certainly paid attention to and hope not to make the same mistake.”
The Australian skipper may have to bear a greater burden as a carrier with Flanker Rob Valetini excluded due to injury.
While Wilson was only 13 when the Lions last toured, two of the Wallabies team were involved in that series, with Prop James Slipper from Saturday in a remarkable representation of the long lifespan of the first row. Veteran Fly Half James O’Connor also earned a recall from the Australian team prior to the series and could perform against the Lions for the second time in tests two and three.
Wilson revealed that he and the team used the experiences of Slipper and O’Connor, as well as the Great John Eales, who led the Wallabies to the success of the 2001 series, before taking the lions.
“We used Slippy and James quite a bit,” explained the No. 8. “I just ask them about the week, because for most of us it is unknown to have this.
“The biggest for them is when you are there, it’s just a different game Footy. You just have to prepare the best you can put yourself in a position to feel confident.”
Wilson said about what he had taken from Eales. “I think the biggest thing was that he leaded a world cup win, he missed the previous Lions series and he really wanted to finish his international career with something like that. And for everything he had achieved in the game, how high this was on his list of performance, it was pretty special to hear from someone like him.”
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