Forget the World Cup - Wales must end their Australia hoodoo this autumn, says Alun Wyn Jones - Telegraph Jones was playing then, and he has beaten Australia on two other occasions in 12 Tests. But the trouble was that they were in the red of the British and Irish Lions last year, with Jones famously standing in as captain for Sam Warburton in the last Test that was won 41-16. Do they count? Not according to Jones. "There were three other countries," he says. It is different. All the pressure is on Australia, with the Lions touring only every four years. Wales play them a lot in what have become domestic internationals. We know we are going to play them once or twice a year. They are used to playing us and vice versa. It is different from the Lions, although it's hard to explain. It's that mentality that you will have another opportunity against them rather than every 12 years and that's the danger. It certainly is, with the wounded Wallabies probably at their most dangerous now, given their recent off-field distractions. "They are still in pretty good shape," says Jones. It is not the first time they have had off-field problems. They lost to Argentina and should have beaten the All Blacks, if they are honest. As a group of players I do not think what happened off the field will affect them too much. It never usually does. They always seem to be OK on the park. It is something we will not focus on: we will worry about the guys on the park. Jones has not beaten South Africa in 10 Tests in a Wales shirt but was a replacement for the Lions in their victorious third Test in Johannesburg in 2009. As for New Zealand, six Tests for Wales have proved fruitless. "The calibre of New Zealand, their strength in depth and the way they play, make them the benchmark that everyone is trying to get to," he says. I cannot say how we are going to go: we are putting a lot of work in. We have a few games before them. It would be nice to do the job and comparisons are always made with England who won the 2003 World Cup having beaten the three Sanzar sides en route. Wales really should have beaten South Africa in the second Test last summer, agonisingly falling 31-30, with Jones as captain. Warburton is back as leader again now but Jones has been simply inspirational as leader of the Ospreys, who have shocked many with their ascent to the top of the Guinness Pro12 this season. Will he miss it? "To quote a pretty good captain, Ryan Jones, you know you cannot be captain forever," he says. But some players seem as if they have been playing forever, as is the case with the dependable and rugged Jones, who has won 80 caps for his country. He is still only 29. He will win many more.