Greatness vision a case of a forward thinking

Photo: Getty Images WALLABIES second-rower Mark Chisholm was talking it up bigyesterday, claiming that despite six successive Tri Nations lossesthey were on the verge of being a great team and were actually farfitter than the world champion Springboks. The media contingent that attended Chisholm's press conferencein Brisbane yesterday had to check themselves as he relentlessly spruiked the Wallabies cause before tomorrow night's Test at Suncorp Stadium. Chisholm, who returned to the Test line-up against South Africain Perth last weekend after an extensive injury break, was adamantthat, despite Australia's dreadful Tri Nations campaign, they werea class act. Advertisement: Story continues below ''We are just inches away from firstly winning and secondly being something great,'' Chisholm said. Rugby scribes were soon asking questions about greatness, justto confirm they had heard right and Chisholm responded. ''We're certainly going in that direction. It's only a matter oftime until we achieve the steps to get there. We're on the brink atthe moment. I can definitely sense it that we're almost there,''Chisholm said. ''There is fantastic body language, and the ability of the young blokes to learn as well is good. They are getting better. Mentally,the young blokes are up to it. And physically, well just have alook at David Pocock. He's a big, big man for a young bloke, andcer tainly has a big future in the game.'' There were as many raised eyebrows when Chisholm argued that thelevel of fitness within the Australian team was exceptional. ''Running around the field, I found we were the fitter side Rosetta Stone V3 outthere and sitting in the grandstands the last couple of weeks I cansee we're finishing games on top of teams. It is just a minorad justment in the first minutes that will get us to a win,''Chisholm said. ''Defensively, we were inept and certainly this weekwe have nutted that out and are now looking forward to completing afull 80 minutes.'' Again a confirmation on whether Chisholm meant that this year's side was fitter than previous Wallabies sides or actual opponen tswas required. ''No, I'm talking opponents. The whole team was getting up andrunning and completing phases last week,'' Chisholm said. ''You canreally tell. Body language was a big thing, and obviously the South Africans had trouble. Running around the field you could notice thed ifference. ''If the game is in the balance, we know that mentally andphy sically we will be able to get over the top.'' Wallabies praising their fitness is fine, but it must bestressed that in numerous recent Tests, opponents have actually runover them in the final stages of games. While their last 15 minutesagainst the Springboks in Perth when the Test was lost was fine,they badly squandered leads in the Auckland and Sydney Tri Nationsmatches against the All Blacks. After those losses, the level ofthe Wallabies conditioning was questioned. Also a factor in why the Springboks might have been tired in thefinal stages of the Subiaco Oval Test was that they made 107tackles in the game, compared with the Wallabies' 43. Earlier, Springboks second-rower Victor Matfield said heexpected the Wallabies to opt for shorter lineouts as a way tocompensate for having just three jumpers compared with South Africa's four. He also did not believe Tatafu Polota-Nau's erraticlineout throwing would be a factor in the Test.

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