Wallabies winger Andrew Kellaway insists that all of the pressure is on the All Blacks, heading into the second Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park on Saturday.
With the All Blacks holding a 33-8 advantage late in last week's first Bledisloe Cup encounter, the Wallabies' late fightback was ultimately too little, too late.
Three tries in the dying stages saw Australia pull the scores back to 33-25, before running out of time to complete a remarkable come-from-behind victory over the All Blacks.
The result leaves Dave Rennie's Wallabies needing to beat the All Blacks at Eden Park for the first time since 1986, in order to have a chance of claiming the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2002.
Speaking to Australia's Big Sport Breakfast, 25-year-old Kellaway suggests that the Wallabies' record in Auckland places the weight of expectation firmly on the All Blacks' shoulders heading into Saturday's second test.
Kellaway scored one of Australia's three tries - his first in international rugby - with last week's test being his first taste of facing the All Blacks.
"To be honest, the pressure is pretty much on them," Kellaway told Australia's Big Sport Breakfast.
"You don't want to be the first All Blacks team to lose at Eden Park. There's no real pressure on our end.
"Hopefully we roll out there and do a number [on them]."
Kellaway also says that the rare chance to play back-to-back tests at Eden Park will also help the Wallabies, with much of the intimidation factor of the All Blacks' stronghold now gone.
"There are no excuses now, not that we'd be looking for them.
"You roll out to one of those places like Eden Park - it's mercurial in its atmosphere and such a tough place to play even at Super Rugby level.
"We get to do it two weeks in a row. We've probably put out an unpolished performance on the weekend and you can almost look at it like a dress rehearsal.
"Now we're ready to roll."
Both the All Blacks and the Wallabies will name their sides for Saturday's test on Thursday.
Join Newshub for live updates of the second Bledisloe Cup test between the All Blacks and Wallabies from 7pm Saturday.
