Wallabies legend Matt Burke, in his column for the Sydney Morning Herald, calls for the Australians to silence the South African home crowd on Saturday.
"Those five Ps are the basis of getting things right off the field so that it all goes to plan on the field. Yet, sometimes, all the work before the kick-off can't prepare you for the onslaught when you run out in cauldron-type atmospheres.
Tomorrow is no different. Kings Park in Durban is one of the greatest theatres in which to play and getting a win there means silence, not rapturous applause, for opposition teams.
This week, as I look at the teams the Wallabies are preparing to take on - South Africa and New Zealand (and then the world next month), I ask whether we are putting too much pressure on these young men. Yes, they have incredible skill and drive, but do they lack game strategy and do they know how to win tight games? My father recently asked me how old I was when we won the Rugby World Cup in 1999. I was 26. I was experienced but, more important, I was surrounded by legendary names so, if we were to get into a hole, we could work our way out of it."
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