Losing Dan Carter and having Richie McCaw on one leg will bring the All Blacks together, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes.
Deans said yesterday the All Blacks would be at their absolute best tomorrow night and his side would have to be the same.
"It is no advantage to us them losing Dan Carter and then having McCaw so-called injured. It will actually make them tougher, galvanise them as a group and a team," Deans said.
"Rugby is about teams, not individuals. How effectively they come together and function as a group."
Deans said McCaw would not shy away from the action.
"Richie will play out of his skin. He is not a guy who works his way back into form. He hits the ground running and I expect the best from him."
Deans said his side would have to lift considerably from last week when it just squeaked past South Africa.
"That will be inadequate against the All Blacks. We have to bring more to our game and ask more of the All Blacks.
"They are going to bring their absolute best game so we will have to match them."
The Wallabies have named fullback Kurtley Beale, but he will have to pass a fitness test today on his injured hamstring.
Deans said Beale would have to show he could run at top pace, although he had made progress during the week.
If Beale is ruled out, then Adam Ashley-Cooper, who was named at centre, will move to fullback and Anthony Fainga'a will start in the No 13 jersey. Rob Horne will then come on to the bench.
Deans also named combative lock Rob Simmons on the bench, with Nathan Sharpe missing out on earning his 100th cap.
He said Simmons was more of an athlete than Sharpe and would be stronger around the ground against the All Blacks, who, Deans believed, would offer a lateral game, and look to move the ball wide.
Sharpe had taken the news of his dropping very well, Deans said.
The sides have split their two games this year but Deans said the World Cup semifinal was completely different and his side had learnt from its loss at Eden Park more than two months ago.
Much had been made of the fact the Wallabies had not won at Eden Park since 1986 but Deans said that statistic was irrelevant, as few of his side were born then, and this was a different game.
He also did not buy into the rivalry between himself and Graham Henry.
"We are just coaches. We do not play the game. We just like to pass on as much help as we can to the group."
The two games between the sides this year have been won by the team which was quickest out of the blocks.
"So we do need to get off to a good start. But games are won at the end. That is what it is about. Both ends and then the middle.
"The game is pretty much mental at this stage. We can't recreate the wheel at this stage. It is about getting your mindset right so you can cope with what comes along."
Deans said he had spent long enough with the Wallabies now to not feel any different facing the country of his birth.
He was firmly entrenched with his group and wanted them to do well.