Wallabies keeping pace for crunch clash The Wallabies are confident they can play "fast, up-tempo footy" against the All Blacks without the errors that hobbled their performances against the British and Irish Lions. Despite keeping the bones of the back line that failed miserably to match the Lions' firepower at ANZ Stadium just over a month ago, there is a sense among the squad that a couple of positional tweaks have restored the rightful order to the Wallabies' attack. Halfback Will Genia said as much on Friday, calling the wing the best place for former five-eighth James O'Connor and assuring jittery fans there would be no repeat of the pushed passes or fumbled catches that surfaced the last time the Wallabies tried to play at pace. Up to speed: There'll be no pushed passes or fumbled catches against the All Blacks, says Will Genia. We want to play fast, up-tempo footy. It's completely different. We're playing a different style of game under Ewen [McKenzie] to what we played in the Lions. We've got players in different positions and guys who are here who have been playing well all season and are full of confidence," Genia said. As well as the breakdown being a focus, one way to beat the All Blacks is to run them around, change direction, and just have different points of attack, as opposed to just playing off No.9s or No.10s. It's good we've got someone like Jesse [Mogg] at the back, and Christian [Lealiifano at No.12], who is a good ball distributor as well. We just have to make sure we utilise the strengths we have in the group. Mogg and Lealiifano will start on Saturday in the same positions they finished the third Lions Test. McKenzie moved O'Connor to the wing to make room for Matt Toomua, but the coach retained Lealiifano's midfield partner Adam Ashley-Cooper and kept Israel Folau on the wing. Genia said a back three boasting the collective pace and footwork of O'Connor, Folau and Mogg, who makes his first Test start on Saturday, could prove the Wallabies' trump card. "[Mogg] has genuine pace and a left boot, and I think that's something we've genuinely missed out on, having a left and right foot," he said. And just his ability to run the ball, he is so elusive. He can beat players very easily one-on-one, and he's very quick. Hopefully we can give some space to use his ability. There are more than a few threats to take care of first. If the Wallabies fail to slow down the All Blacks' ball, they will pay - as they have many times before. "They're almost impossible to defend against if they get a roll on or get quick ball, so we have to be really accurate in that area with our low tackles and make sure we get guys over the ball," Genia said. The "impossible" comes in many forms in the All Blacks back line. There is winger Julian Savea, nicknamed "Big Bus" in his homeland for his near-unstoppable runs down the flank. The Wallabies have been drilled. They know to tackle hard and tackle low. "You've got to take out his legs," Genia said. Traditional All Blacks fringe player Ben Smith will be hoping to transfer his scorching hot Super Rugby form to the Test arena. But apart from the Highlanders winger, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has lined up a cast of "been-there, conquered-that" characters for his defence of the Bledisloe Cup. Hansen's approach, which again uses the nucleus of the Crusaders squad and just a smattering of Chiefs, is the opposite of McKenzie's form-above-caps selection strategy. "[Hansen] has gone with experience, guys that have been there and done the job for them in the past," Genia said. You can't question that, they've been so successful for such a long time, in particular in big games against Australia. He's selected the team he think can win, and I can't really question that. The last time the teams met, the Wallabies held their trans-Tasman foes in an 18-18 draw at Suncorp Stadium. It might as well have been last century judging by the attitude of the McKenzie-era team. "Someone said the other day there's three guys from that game that are in the Test tomorrow night," Wallabies captain James Horwill said. We get a familiarity by playing [the All Blacks players] regularly in Super Rugby. We play [them] week in, week out and do well against them, so we need to take that confidence and belief that we can get the job done. Total votes: 2699.