Turnovers. Botched kickoff receptions. Ill-discipline.

And there you have it ladies and germs, the All Blacks win 100-10. Well, it felt like it.

Hey, every chimp with a pen has put the Australians to the sword already so it's time to move on -- but let's hope somebody in "the Wallaby group" stops jibbering about the positives from the Melbourne match and reads the well-intentioned mongrels the riot act.

What do they have to do to win against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday?

Muscle up and play a bit of rugby, your honour. Because, if we've learned nothing else about the ‘developing' Australian rugby squad since Robbie Deans took at the start of the 2008 season, it's that this promising and talented outfit is fragile -- vewy, vewy fwagile -- despite being capable of good things.

Watching a recording of the first Bledisloe Cup game of the season for the second and third time is not quite as painful as witnessing the abomination as it happened, but you could find yourself yelling at the screen even more as you see how utterly absurd the capitulation is at times.

Seeing the Australians allow the All Blacks to immediately hit back after the Wallabies scored or pressured, leaves the distinct impression that this mob had been mentally tarred and feathered prior to this eighth consecutive loss to the New Zealanders.

After all, the signs had been good for Australia. Drew Mitchell scores a charge-down try after seven minutes and there's plenty of reason to be optimistic. Later we also find out the lineout works, the scrum is not a complete mess, Matt Giteau's firing at 10 and referee Craig Joubert is spanking the Kiwis for the antics they usually get away with.

But, no. Fact is, a couple of years ago if the Australians had a share of possession and the ref wasn't robbing them, they were in with a shot. Not now, not in this game, not against this quality of opposition and not against anyone who hails from anywhere remotely near New Zealand. Which would be, um, nobody but NZ.

The All Blacks are as good as their publicity, and let's hope they start reading it.

What sets them apart from good sides at the moment is their ability to stay ‘on' for the 80 minutes, which is kind of the antithesis of the Wallabies who float in and out of rugby consciousness every 15 minutes or so.

It's significant the Wallabies managed to perform better as a 14-man team after Mitchell was dismissed for being a silly fellow. It forced them to focus. Those nasty All Blacks probably took their foot off the pedal, although, they are not really built like that.

So let's cast ahead. Not yet to 2011 and the World Cup when the Kiwis will be battling an injury crisis similar to Australia's current dilemma (at least seven potential first choice guys on the sidelines) and the nervous Kiwi public will be calling Graham Henry's smug mug to be sacked.

We'll stick to the 2010 Tri-Nations which shouldn't be over yet but probably is a lost cause, in terms of Australia handling the silverware. The Aussies now have to win on the road, not just once, but many times. In some way, it could be a positive, in the same way losing moment-of-madness Mitchell, mid-game, was a positive.

Then again, odds are, they'll start stinking up the joint.

The foul odour is already following coach Deans around. Australian Rugby Union boss John O'Neill has unquestionably put Deans and his team on notice this week, the administrator's comment about the team going backwards from a year ago, is a real cage rattler.

A repeat of last year's one win from six in the Tri Nations is not acceptable. It won't matter who is the coach at the end of this season should that happen - the game will be in tatters in Australia where mainstream support depends on the success or failure of the Wallabies.

Unfortunately there is little to suggest the Wallabies will be able to turn it around this season, particularly in the opposition's backyard, but the gut-feel monster, who has nothing to do with the recently consumed, flavourful vindaloo, is growling "soft Wallabies will come good" or maybe it's "more garlic naan". Who knows?

They are pretty good these Wannabes and if they had a bit more bulk, mongrel and consistency, and hadn't been lobotomised by the Kiwis a year or so ago they'd be a shot at pantsing every team they face.

But it's not going to happen on the whiteboard or in the ‘group' sessions or the man on man hug sessions or whatever the hell it is rugby teams do these days.

Seriously, they need to go out and thump them.

OK, I know, that's just absurd and I don't mean it literally (well, maybe just a little touch up here and there) ... anyhoo, if they are going to lose players and matches don't let it be because Mitchell bitch-slapped the ball or Berrick Barnes can't stop kicking at the most inappropriate moments.

Make it because these dedicated and focused Australians are outmuscled and driven into the ground one too many times.

Benn Robinson said something telling after the Aussies screwed up the kickoff returns a half a dozen times in Melbourne, he admitted they just couldn't adjust.

Adjust to what? How about running to where the ball is going and try and catch the friggin' thing. If you don't succeed, get angry and throw yourselves at the blokes who kicked it and get the pill back. Now that's sport.

Truly, we used to blame all the over-rehearsed stuff on Eddie Jones. What happened to Deans' hope the national rugby team would again play what's in front of them not what's in the game plan and nothing else?

Let NZ be confident going into this test, they deserve it. But, take heart, oh wounded Wallaby supporters, at least now we know how they'll play the Aussies.

Ball in hand is important, but they are quite willing to use the boot to put it in behind. The philosophy against both the Springboks and Wallabies (executed slightly differently against the big Saffers) has been to keep the opposition off balance - never allowing them to settle. The Kiwis score a lot of their points - on the scoreboard and in the heads of the opposition -- by counter attacking or capitalising on broken play situations.

The Wallabies' priority must be to shut them down immediately, which means no missing first up tackles as they did repeatedly in Melbourne and they should live on the wrong side of the off-side line, as the ABs always do.

It also means committing forwards en masse to the breakdown, potentially opening up space out wide, but at least the Australians would be imposing themselves on the game rather than allowing the ABs to dictate matters.

Having added size to the Australian squad with Scott Higginbotham, Ben McCalman and Cameron Shepherd now at his disposal, indicates Deans' is searching for a way to go through the ABs as well as around. Anthony Faingaa's presence in midfield will help that cause too.

Being more confrontational and direct might not necessarily win the Wallabies the game, but it could help them regain a little self-respect.

Early in the Super 14 season, Faingaa told BPL the fresh-faced Queensland squad of 2010 wasn't carting around the baggage the losing Reds teams of previous years had to shoulder. "We're creating our own history," he said at the time.

The young Wallabies can do something similar in Christchurch and beyond, but they have to bully the game right from the start in order to wrestle the mental and physical edge away from the All Blacks.