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SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (Q: After such an arduous World Cup, are you confident your side can last the 80 minutes against New Zealand)

"Oh look I've got a lot of belief in my team, you know I think we've worked really hard, trained really hard. We only had a short space of time really between the Rugby Championship and this tournament to get some good building blocks in around fitness and also resilience, not just fitness, resilience for the contact. We know it is going to be extremely physical and we want to be able to last that, so I believe we've prepared accordingly, you know, once the 80 minutes starts not only will your preparations take a hold, but also a lot of the reasons that are driving you mentally, I think that takes over the physical part and you only feel the physical parts later."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (Q: Does the fact you've beaten New Zealand this year have a bearing?)

"Look I don't know, they say if you look backwards you are only going to get a sore neck aren't you. So I think for us it's there but it means nothing really. There is a few little tactical things maybe or I don't know, but it really means nothing. It is what happens in front of us, the last parts of our preparation and the 80 minutes ahead of us tomorrow and being ready to play those out to the maximum of your potential and then see how the cards fall."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Cheika, Australia head coach (Q: Do you expect New Zealand to try and smash you up front?)

"I love that style of play as well. We want to bring that too, the physicality to the game. I know we're probably a little bit smaller, but it is all about how you bring it technically and like I said what's inside you, what's your drive, why do you want to do it and that will give you the fuel to play the game physical."