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Australia's scrum was put through the mincer at Twickenham in November 2005 but Waugh is convinced they have made significant strides since the appointment of Michael Foley as forwards coach at the end of that dismal tour.

"We can't remember 2005. Since Michael Foley took over 18 months ago the pack has come a long way," said Waugh. "We've always said we believe we can be the best pack in the world and Saturday's obviously the biggest challenge in achieving that."

He added: "But there's a huge amount of belief and confidence in this team that the forward pack can be and will be the best forward pack in the world."

The biggest difference Foley made was to stop considering the scrum as a restart option and start using it as a chance to compete for an edge.

As a result, the forwards are now doing three times the amount of technical, video and live scrummaging work and believe they are seeing the benefits of it.

"We now spend hours and hours every week going over the scrum training and doing far more technical work. There's less just hitting the machine," said prop Al Baxter.

"Previously we didn't have that focus and the live scrummaging was two packs whacking into each other. Now there is a definite focus."