Moore and Giteau poised to win 100th cap for Wallabies

Will Genia has been impressed by the manner in which Michael Cheika has brought “an identity” to being a Wallaby as Australia prepare for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Scotland.

Despite the injuries, Wales have done well to progress from a pool including England and Australia that many observers did not expect them to qualify from.

The Australians were missing vice-captain Michael Hooper against Wales, after the flanker was cited and suspended for a week for illegally clearing out an England player in a ruck the previous week.

They are known more for the transformation of their teams, for putting in a culture of belief and togetherness that shows off the field and even so on it. Shula was further quoted as saying that “convictions provide direction”.

However he is free to face Scotland, should he recover from his calf injury.

Two time winners of the tournament – in 1991 and 1999 – the Wallabies have also exited the competition at the quarter-final stage twice, but to do so against Scotland this time around would be considered a major upset. Here are the five key reasons Scotland must fear Australia.

Their suspension awards the upper hand to an Australian unit that has already been the talk of the tournament for its newfound aggression. A few may argue that Wales should have kicked their three pointers instead of opting for scrums and lineouts – but a two-man advantage is an evil temptress. The Springboks beat Wales 17-16 in the group stage of the 2011 World Cup. If one or two passes had stuck we would have been scoring tries. But Scotland would ignore his threat at their peril.

“The Samoans came out and really threw the ball about”. We’ve got a great opportunity to play in the quarter-final of a World Cup and that’s more than enough to play for. That’s not our go, we’re not playing for that type of stuff.

A statement from the WRU on Tuesday morning confirmed: “Ospreys wing Eli Walker has been called into Wales’ Rugby World Cup squad and will link up with the squad immediately”.

They grimly kept their line intact with two men in the sin-bin during the second half. Finn Russell must use his runners wisely and try to avoid sending them down dead ends, where this pair will be waiting.

“Like we’ve done the whole time, we’re trying to be slightly introverted in ourselves and play our game, see if we can make the opposition react and play accordingly to that”, Cheika said. From a half-back point of view, it’s been quite seamless.

“Danny plays full-back, centre and 10 and is a goal-kicker”.

Like the fresh-faced youngster barely out of his teens who met the Queen on his first Wallabies tour, Matt Giteau is approaching his 100th Test milestone with good humour and a twinkle in his eye.

In a week where Matt Giteau and Stephen Moore play their 100th Tests to add motivation for the players, it’s Horne’s appearance at a physical training session which boosted the Wallabies.

“The penalties we gave away are things we can control and we should’ve been able to do not that”.