SYDNEY: The Wallabies have rejigged their battered team as they desperately fight to avoid the ignominy of a 3-0 series whitewash against England in the final Test in Sydney on Saturday.
Coach Eddie Jones and his Six Nations champions have held all the aces so far, winning the opening two games 39-28 in Brisbane and 23-7 last week in Melbourne for their first series triumph in Australia.
Jones, a former Wallabies coach, has vowed no let-up in intensity and is urging his England team to go all out to sweep Australia 3-0 in their pursuit of becoming the top side in world rugby.
Wallaby counterpart Michael Cheika, a former teammate of Jones from their Sydney club days at Randwick, has reshuffled his side in a bid to prevent another demoralising defeat.
He has turned to the play-making skills of Matt Toomua at inside-centre, brought in the hulking Will Skelton to partner the recalled lineout general Rob Simmons at lock and has powerful Fijian-born winger Taqele Naiyaravoro among his replacements.
Cheika has vowed to keep the Wallabies' attacking approach which has been negated by England's forwards-dominated game and emphasis on high kicks.
"Saturday's match against England is a real opportunity for the Wallabies to show the character I know they have on the field, for all our fans to see," he said on Thursday.
"We will continue to play rugby in our attacking style and we'll be aiming to do it with more consistent quality than we have in the first two matches."
It has been a dramatic reversal of fortunes for Cheika's men after the Wallabies reached the final of last year's World Cup against New Zealand in London and went into the current series ranked second in the world.
England now have leapfrogged Australia to number two behind the All Blacks on the back of their eight-match unbeaten run under hard taskmaster Jones.
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