Deans' work starts now

Australia now have a fortnight to get themselves in gear for sterner tests than a depleted French side provided them with, according to Robbie Deans.

Australia now have a fortnight to get themselves in gear for sterner tests than a depleted French side provided them with, according to Robbie Deans.

Deans was happy with the improvement from first to second Test against the French after his side's 40-10 win on Saturday, but said that the next road would be a considerably tougher one.

“We'll bring a lot of belief forward but we're very conscious of the fact that the next arena's going to be very different,” Deans said.

“Each week we've taken a step and made some progress which is pleasing and the pleasing thing is we haven't dropped off on some of the things that we've added,” Deans said.

“The defence was consistently accurate and aggressive and it's great – we've made some deposits and we've made some progress.”

“We'll lick our wounds now and gather a group for the Tri Nations and get on with it.”

Deans would not identify any areas he thought were still needing improvement in his side's game, saying that he was focussing on getting the team ready for their opposition.

“A big part of that (training) will be what's coming the other way.”

“I caught 20-30 minutes of the first Tri Nations fixture (between South Africa and New Zealand on Saturday night) and it will be another level, there's no doubt about that.”

“But these guys are ready for that, they're excited about what's ahead of them, we've built from week to week and that's what we'll look to do again.”