Wales will tackle an Australian side beaten by Scotland and England during the autumn series, and having toppled the Wallabies twice in succession following a run of 13 successive defeats against them. But Allen dug deep to carve out the next two frames before holding his nerve in the decider. "Obviously they [Clemens and Hopp] are both great players, so it is going to come down to being mentally strong and trying to block out the crowd noise, tune it out and play my game." "Although we all know what Ben is capable of, and it's a huge boost to us as a squad, we're still managing expectations," said Root.