High-flying Wallabies are favourites but must avoid slipping on Welsh banana skin | Angus Fontaine

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Australia arrive in Cardiff on a high but their Twickenham heroics will mean little if they cannot back it up in a fixture everyone predicted they'd win

Two in a row. It really doesn't seem like too much to ask. But for a team that has yo-yoed between dynamic and diabolical performances for decades, it is paramount that Australia beat Wales and notch back-to-back wins. Having snapped a three-game losing streak with victory at Twickenham, they must now back it up in Cardiff.

With their stirring last-gasp victory over England in game one of their grand slam tour, the Wallabies lit a fire under sports fans of all ilks. NRL fans are, of course, claiming credit for Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii's heroics, and idle AFL and football aficionados are remembering the glory days of the '90s and naughties when the men in gold were Australia's favourite team.