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WALLABIES forwards are being "named and shamed" by drill-sergeant Ewen McKenzie who is bluntly reminding his pack after each game who worked hard and who didn't.
Australian and Queensland Reds prop James Slipper revealed there had been a major shift in the fitness levels expected since the Robbie Deans' era finished.
McKenzie is even sticky-taping detailed statistics of individual performances to dressing room walls following Test matches.
There for all to see, the printouts brutally highlight who is competing hard enough and who is not.
The Wallabies will need a relentless work ethic to halt a three-game losing streak when they clash against an imposing Springboks team at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.
"After every game he has real good look at the stats and puts them up on the wall so each player can see what the other players in the team (have done)," Slipper said.
"It is name and shame. If you are not putting in the hard work then . . . (everyone knows)
"The fitness aspect of our forward play came when Ewen McKenzie came into the head role.
"He looks at the work rate of players throughout the whole team."
Following McKenzie's first Test loss to the All Blacks this season, he played the game on loop in the team hotel so players could not escape their performance.
Of course his tactics also rewards players who dominate the statistics, which to the Wallabies credit they did in their previous game against the All Blacks even though they lost in a hard-fought Wellington contest.
Australia had the better running game, making nearly twice as many metres as New Zealand and also off-loaded twice as often as the All Blacks.
They forced New Zealand to tackle them endlessly but yet again they were punished for crucial turnovers with the Wallabies dominating that stat 22-17.
"Maybe the punter in the stands might not recognise the hard work that is being done . . . but this way everyone in the team can see it," Slipper said.
"Ewen expects the tight five to get through quite high numbers, make the most tackles, get to the rucks.
"The more we do the better the backs will go.
"He wants us to put our hand up for the hard work."
Slipper, a Gold Coast native who relishes the grey areas of forward play, is salivating at the prospect of clashing with a South Africa pack including abrasive hooker Bismarck du Plessis.
The 24-year-old said he expected fireworks.
"I'll be trying to set a match under them. I enjoy that part of the game," Slipper said.
"Don't get me wrong they are good at what they do and you have to be prepared to wear what you throw and cop what you give.
"They tend to sledge in Afrikaans these days and I don't even know what they are talking about.
"I just assume they are giving me a hard time.
"Some people shy away from it. It is not about doing anything illegal but about not taking a backwards step."
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