Wallabies scrumhalf Nic White believes the side are primed to break their seven-game losing streak against England at Twickenham.
The Wallabies are looking for the first win over the arch-rivals since the 2015 World Cup, where they sensationally ended England's chances in the group stages.
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They come in with extra motivation after a narrow defeat to Scotland, ending a run of five straight victories.
“It’ll be a tough review,” White admitted to reporters. “Everyone’s watched the game and there’s a sense we left a few points out there.
“You look at that first half we got over the chalk three times and come back for various reasons, everyone’s replaying a few moments in their head and what they’d do differently.
"If you flip that, the positive is that for everything that went wrong and everything that went against us, we were still two points away from getting a result there in Edinburgh, in front of a packed stadium and away from home.
“It’s not all doom and gloom, but there are areas we need to tidy up.”
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie will name his side late Thursday evening, with prop Taniela Tupou (concussion) and winger Jordan Petaia (hamstring) unlikely to feature.
White has urged selectors to resist the temptation for wholesale changes, believing the 'clunky' play has been ironed out ahead of the blockbuster.
“It was a little bit clunky at times, it took us a little bit of time to get into it,” he admitted.
“There’s certainly an element of new guys coming in and we’ve got to be able to adapt to the way they play and they bring different strengths, but there’s also an element that guys need to fit into the way we want to play.
“It is a bit of a juggling act when you get a few new guys in but I think on the whole we were pretty good. There was a bit of clunkiness early, it’s something we feel we can fix pretty quickly. I feel by the second half the kinks had been ironed out.
"...Sometimes less is more, guys need a little bit in the saddle to feel comfortable and to get used to the guys around them.
“We’ve got a way we want to play but within the forwards and the backs, guys bring different strengths and we don’t want them to feel they can’t use. We’ve got to have that sorted by game day so they can use their strengths.”
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