Australia will waste little time worrying about a 25-year Eden Park drought ahead of their Tri-Nations clash with the All Blacks on Saturday - the Sydney Morning Herald's Greg Growden reports.
"They don't care about hoodoos or horrible history. They just get on with it.
That's the opinion of Wallabies coaching coordinator and Test selector David Nucifora, who yesterday argued that the new players who are at the core of the Australian team are not intimidated or even distracted by the fact that so many before them have collapsed at the feet of the All Blacks on New Zealand soil.
On top of their Eden Park record, the Wallabies haven't won anywhere in New Zealand for a decade. But Nucifora says this All Blacks domination fails to inhibit the youthful Australian team, especially as many of them were involved in beating New Zealand in Hong Kong late last year.
''Having so many youthful players in our team is a real positive,'' Nucifora said. ''They don't worry about things like hoodoos or not having won there for a long time. The attitude they've got and the way they play the game in such a positive manner gives us confidence, because we know they will just get on with it. They will get on with their preparation and they will go out there and give it a real crack.''
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