Rocky Elsom's leadership will be essential if the Wallabies are to prevail at Eden Park next weekend
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Wallabies legend Nick Farr-Jones, talking to Greg Growden of the Sydney Morning Herald, believes a win next week in New Zealand is essential for the Wallabies if they are to take the World Cup later in the year.
"Nick Farr-Jones, a member of the last Australian team to win at Eden Park 25 years ago, believes it is crucial that the Wallabies break the Auckland drought next weekend if they are to seriously consider themselves a World Cup threat.
The 1991 World Cup-winning captain said the Wallabies scrum, and in particular the power of the Test front-row, was the key to their chances of becoming the No.1 team in world rugby.
Since Farr-Jones and his 1986 Wallabies team won the Bledisloe Cup series, Australia have suffered 11 straight defeats at Eden Park, the venue of this year's World Cup final. The Wallabies have also not won on New Zealand soil since 2001.
Despite the trauma caused by endless defeats in Auckland, Farr-Jones is convinced this year's team has the ingredients to be victorious at Eden Park tomorrow week."
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