THE Wallabies have called up hardman Lachie Swinton as they take an aggressive approach to their make-or-break Bledisloe Cup clash against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.
Australia’s talk of “in their face” rugby has not gone unnoticed by New Zealand, already one-up in the three-match series and bidding to retain the prized trophy for a 19th consecutive year.
“Clearly they’re going to try and be more aggressive,” All Blacks coach Ian Foster said as both camps named their Test sides on Thursday.
“We’re going to get a more committed Australia team and we need to make sure we’re matching fire with fire.”
Neither the All Blacks nor the Wallabies were happy with their performance in the first Test last week, where New Zealand’s 33-25 victory was built on a burst of three tries early in the second half.
Foster has kept faith in that side, making only one
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