Spiro Zavos, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, provides his view on what the Wallabies need to achieve in this year's Tri-Nations.
"After Samoa's sensational first-time victory over the Wallabies, their captain explained the result with a cliche: ''We wanted to win more than the Wallabies''.
This explanation is nonsense. What lost the Test for the Wallabies was a failure to understand the psychology of Samoan rugby players. This failure was compounded by poor tactics on the field. As the Wallabies could meet Samoa in the World Cup quarter-finals, it is important this hard lesson is learnt.
Samoans believe Samoa is the centre of the universe. They are incredibly strong, mentally and physically. They believe that on their day they can defeat any team. In the 1991 World Cup, Western Samoa defeated Wales at Cardiff, a feat beyond most of the other Five Nations teams in the previous decade."
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