Scotland v Australia: Surprise Scottish treble can leave visitors with new hangover I think it definitely evens the playing field, a day like that. Even kicking the ball from hand was difficult. Just dropping the ball on to your foot, it could go any which way even in such a short distance. There is just no easy way to play in those conditions. Understandably, the Australians will take heart from a forecast that predicts a dry day and only the lightest of winds in Edinburgh. They have already had to deal with enough storms in a week in which coach Ewen McKenzie banned six players and reprimanded another nine for excessive drinking during the Dublin leg of their tour. Harris was one of those given a dressing down, but he owes his inside-centre place against Scotland to the hamstring injury suffered by Matt Toomua in training in the past few days. "We've got a good culture, now we want to be a great culture," Harris said. We understand that very clearly. We move on. It's been hard but I know Ewen pretty well and I owe him a lot. He's very driven to get results and build the best team he can. When Australia added a win against Ireland last Saturday to their victory over Italy the previous weekend, it was the first time this year that they had won back-to-back Tests. However, as the All Blacks are in Dublin trying to complete an unbeaten year, the Tasman Sea measures a gulf in class between the two Antipodean sides. Scotland, for their part, need a watertight, 80-minute performance to give them confidence for the Six Nations. They have been good in small parts in their autumn games so far, but awful in other regards. Their line-out was shocking in the first half against South Africa last weekend, and its improvement in the second found no reflection on a scoreboard that showed them 28-0 down at the end. Scotland's Sydney-born coach Scott Johnson has been cheering for the land of his birth while watching the cricket these past few days, but he finds no difficulty in wrapping himself in tartan when he turns to rugby, even when Australia provide the opposition. "I'm passionate about the people I coach," said Johnson. This is personal; it's us together. All other allegiances fall by the wayside. I've got a good bunch of lads and I'm trying to bring a group through together. I'm really excited about where this squad could finish and that's got nothing to do with my nationality. Right now my nationality is with this team. His coaching focus will almost certainly have been on defence and organisation. Scotland leaked two soft tries against Japan a fortnight ago and they made silly errors as they tried to push the game after falling far behind against Springboks. It is no surprise that in the one backline change, Duncan Weir is brought in at fly-half as a more conservative replacement for Ruaridh Jackson, although Johnson has suggested that was always his plan for this game. "Defence is such a key," said Johnson. Most of the time you play Australia you know there are points in them, and we've got to limit that so that we're not chasing the scoreboard. We want to be renowned as a good defensive side. TV: BBC2 Kick-off: Saturday 6pm SCOTLAND: S Maitland (Glasgow); T Seymour (Glasgow), N De Luca (Edinburgh), D Taylor (Saracens), S Lamont (Glasgow); D Weir (Glasgow), G Laidlaw (Edinburgh); R Grant (Glasgow), R Ford (Edinburgh), M Low (Glasgow), G Gilchrist (Edinburgh), J Hamilton (Montpellier), J Beattie (Montpellier), K Brown (Saracens, capt), D Denton (Edinburgh). Replacements: P MacArthur (Glasgow), A Dickinson (Edinburgh), E Murray (Worcester), J Gray (Glasgow), K Low (London Irish), C Cusiter (Glasgow), R Jackson (Glasgow), M Evans (Castres). AUSTRALIA: I Folau (NSW Waratahs); J Tomane (ACT Brumbies), C Leali'ifano (ACT Brumbies), M Harris (Queensland Reds), C Feauai-Sautia (Queensland Reds); Q Cooper (Queensland Reds), W Genia (Queensland Reds); J Slipper (Queensland Reds), S Moore (ACT Brumbies), S Kepu (NSW Waratahs), R Simmons (Queensland Reds), J Horwill (Queensland Reds), S Fardy (ACT Brumbies), M Hooper (ACT Brumbies), B Mowen (ACT Brumbies, capt). Replacements: S Fainga'a (Queensland Reds), B Alexander (ACT Brumbies), P Ryan (NSW Waratahs), S Timani (ACT Brumbies), B McCalman (Western Force), N White (ACT Brumbies), N Phipps (Melbourne Rebels), B Foley (NSW Waratahs). Referee: J Peyper (S Africa). Assistants: P Gauzère (France), and F Pastrana (Argentina). TMO: G Warren (England).