Robbie Deans' task as Australia coach is as much about rebuilding his team's mental strength as it is getting things right on the field against England on Saturday.
Despite being the more talented team for most of the past five years, Australia has lost on four of its last five visits to Twickenham. Those losses have been characterized by an inability to compete up front in the scrum, which was also the case when England shocked the Wallabies in last year's World Cup quarterfinal in Marseille.
Both teams are now under new leadership, with Deans and former England captain Martin Johnson, now installed as his country's manager, in charge for their first …
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