TRI-NATIONS: AUSTRALIA COACH Robbie Deans is threatening to wield the axe in response to the Wallabies' record 53-8 loss to South Africa on Saturday.
The Australians will play New Zealand in Brisbane on September 13th in a match that will decide the Tri-Nations championship and Deans is demanding a better performance.
The New Zealand-born Deans has yet to finalise his team but has already indicated he was considering changing the starting side in a bid to erase the memories of last weekend's loss.
"It's a performance we're not proud of but we want to be proud of the next one," he said after the team's arrival at Sydney Airport on Monday.
"We are in the fortunate position of having a final, a one-off game where we can turn our season into something."
Wallaby captain Stirling Mortlock said the players were still stunned by the magnitude of their defeat, which was Australia's heaviest losing margin against any opponent, but were determined to make amends against New Zealand.
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