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EWEN McKenzie looks set to roll into Bledisloe Cup battle next month with Bernard Foley as the Wallabies' five-eighth general after deciding to stick with Kurtley Beale as an impact player from the bench.
McKenzie revealed the selections yesterday as he also declared the Wallabies' attacking philosophies and hunger for tries hadn't changed a skerrick despite the dour 6-0 win over France in the second Test.
Despite being a sign the Wallabies' maturing into a team with the willpower to beat New Zealand, the style of the second win has come under criticism in some quarters for being "safety first" and boring.
McKenzie said a review of the Test had given more perspective on how to crack through the smothering French tactics, should the tourists elect to roll them out again in Sydney, and score enough points to encourage the French to pack up mentally and begin holidays early.
"There were lots of moments were we could done things, subtly, different. One more pass or a slightly different support line, you get a different outcome," McKenzie said.
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"We can make those adjustments. Whatever they come back at us with, we have seen a fair bit from tactically. We will deal with whatever turns up."
McKenzie said the side — who scored seven tries in Brisbane and has over 3.5 tries a game since he took over — would always endeavour to win games by posting as many five-pointers as possible.
"We are never not going out there to score tries, so I don't want people to be confused. The opposition has something to do with that, so you have to deal with whatever comes along," McKenzie said.
"We didn't take the best options at times (in Melbourne), we weren't direct enough at times, we weren't patient enough at times. There were things we can do better.
"We will just keep going. We haven't changed our philosophy one bit, from last year to now, from last week, the week before or this week, the philosophy remains the same."
Bernard Foley takes on the line during the Wallabies' 6-0 win over France in the second Test. Source: Getty Images
Given he has looked sharp in two late-game cameos, moving Beale into No.10 was an option to reignite the attack.
But McKenzie said his selection team had stuck with the option of pumping experience into six-Test newcomer Foley instead.
"We have continue to invest time in the guys who have been picked in the back line," McKenzie said.
"KB (Beale) does a good job changing the nature of the game, particularly late when everyone is a bit tired. We will certainly be looking to give him more and more time.
"If you go and look through the cap listing, apart from Adam Ashley-Cooper, the experience in the back line, there isn't that much. We are investing that time.
"The guys on the bench have the experience, so I guess we know a lot more and those guys have experienced those environments already."
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