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The Wallabies head coach, Simon Raiwalui, insists that he feels no additional pressure to improve his results.
The former second international rower of Fiji, a giant, was a surprise choice in replacement of Mario Ledesma, who enjoyed a high reputation, who became coach of Argentina earlier this year.
Raiwalui arrived ahead of the 2-1 defeat of the home series in Ireland and tasted victory at only three of the 10 tests he participated in.
His role is being increasingly scrutinized with the Wallabies' lineup, which has had major difficulties this year.
The scrum also struggled against Wales last week, but Raiwalui insists that the forwards improved a lot against the Welsh after their clashes with the All Blacks in Tokyo last month.
"I thought most of the time we had the ascendant," Raiwalui said.
"We played well as a unit, I think it was felt at the end of the match.
"We started to have some domination and get some turnovers, so it was a good job on Saturday."
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Born in New Zealand but raised in Australia, Raiwalui is a former Australian international schoolboy who played for Manly.
He spent his entire professional career playing in Europe for the English teams Sale and Saracens and had a good time in Wales with Cardiff and Newport.
After completing his playing career, he was named badistant of the French Racing 92 club, before joining Stade Français en route to Biarritz, where his work was brought to the attention of Cheika, who was impressed enough for him. propose a position.
Cheika and all his staff behind the scenes are under enormous pressure as the World Cup takes place in less than a year and the Sunday clash (1:00 AED) against Italy in Padua is a match that the team does not have. dare not lose.
Raiwalui said the team was fully aware of the results needed to improve but welcomed the challenge.
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"It's not difficult, pressure is part of every day," he said.
"We put a lot of pressure on ourselves, so if you rely on it, that's part of the job.
"We appreciate it and we know it's there, so it's not a problem."
The 44-year-old's success is not that far away and he has full confidence in his methods and the talent at his disposal.
"We want to continue to progress towards this World Cup, to continue to develop," he said.
"We need to continue to develop these guys and get them really hard for the tests that come and go.
"It's a pleasure to work with Sheik because it's an open book.
"We share everything, we organize meetings to discuss what we do as a team and it's a very tight coaching staff."
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ITALY (15-1): Jayden Hayward, Tommaso Benvenuti, Michele Campagnaro, Tommaso Castello, Mattia Bellini, Tommaso Allan, Tito Tebaldi, Abraham Steyn, Jake Polledri, Sébastien Negri, Dean Budd, Alessandro Zanni, Simone Ferrari, Leonardo Ghiraldini (c), Andrea Lovotti
reserves: Luca Bigi, Cherif Traore, Tiziano Pasquali, Marco Fuser, Johan Meyer, Guglielmo Palazzani, Carlo Canna, Luca Morisi
WALLS (15-1): Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Samu Kerevi, Bernard Foley, Jordan Petaia, Matt Toomua, Jake Gordon, David Pobad, Michael Hooper (c), Jack Dempsey, Adam Coleman, Izack Rodda, Taniela Tupou, Folau Fainga Scott Sio
reserves: Tatafu Polota-Nau, Jermaine Ainsley, Sekope Kepu, Rory Arnold, Pete Samu, Will Genia, Kurtley Beale, Dane Haylett-Petty
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