Buenos Aires: Australia coach Michael Cheika has called on his side to channel the pain from a woeful Rugby Championship campaign and unleash their frustrations on Argentina in Salta on Saturday.
The Wallabies have won only one of their five matches in the tournament so far and need a victory over the Pumas to avoid being left with the wooden spoon for the first time since Argentina started competing against the southern hemisphere’s elite in 2012.
Cheika said the Wallabies, who have scored only 10 tries, fewer than any of their rivals, would stay true to their principles and was confident the points would come.
“We don’t need it, we’ll get it,” Cheika said when asked if he needed a win to validate the hard work.
“We’re very, very sure about what we need do. You stay true to what you believe and it will happen on the field.
“You can’t look to go and crawl in a hole when you’re under the pump. You’ve got to make sure when there is a challenge there you step up and you take it.”
