Scotland aim to bounce back against 'wounded' Australia
We know that and we want to put that right." Townsend stresses individual responsibility as duo return Scotland's familiar frailties brutally exposed in All Blacks schooling Nations Championship: Can Scotland bounce back against Australia?
Key points
- Both Scotland and Australia are capable of scintillating highs and crushing lows, but who will come out on top at Murrayfield on Sunday?
- "We know that Australia will also be a wounded team coming here after what happened against England at Twickenham.
- This is a fixture that stokes the fires of Scotland's Australia-born captain Sione Tuipulotu, but making amends for that second-half no-show against the All Blacks is providing the primary motivation.
Two sides who are thrilling and perplexing in almost equal measure, Scotland versus Australia in the Nations Championship on Sunday could be described as the Battle of the Unpredictables.
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- The words exchanged between the players in the aftermath were spicy as Suaalii left the pitch, but Tuipilotu has a huge respect for the threat he poses on Sunday, and thinks the flak flying his way will serve only to light a fire to ram the critics' words back down their throats.
- All they can do now is deliver wins over Australia and then Japan next week to ensure they have a meaningful game against one of the southern hemisphere heavyweights on finals weekend in London.
- Both are coming off chastening defeats last weekend - the Wallabies taken apart by England at Twickenham, and Scotland taken to the cleaners by New Zealand at Murrayfield.
- Having started on the wing at Twickenham last weekend, Suaalii reverts to the 13 jersey at Murrayfield, throwing him back into the midfield maelstrom against Tuipulotu.
- "It is always hard to watch the footage back after a defeat like that where we missed some big opportunities and let ourselves down in certain areas," Tuipulotu said.
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