There’s nothing wrong with focusing on winning the trophy - Wallabies captain

After 15 years of losing Bledisloe series, Wallabies captain Michael Hooper says there’s nothing wrong with focusing on winning the trophy.

Three of the Wallabies matchday 23 ‑ Ned Hanigan, Sean McMahon and Curtis Rona ‑ have never played against the All Blacks and close to half the team was not a part of last year’s Sydney debacle.

Though the All Blacks didn’t exactly pile on the points in that final 20 minutes of last year’s three encounters, their returns of three tries in the last quarter were game‑sealing, with the Wallabies able to score just one try after 60 minutes, in the 78th minute in Sydney.

Hooper says that they have a really strong bench with guys like Lopeti Timani, Sekope Kepu in the front row and Tevita Kuridrani to come on.

The Wallabies take on the All Blacks at 10 tonight in the Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship opener while South Africa take on Argentina at 3.05am tomorrow.