Berrick Barnes: Australia want to sign off season with victory over Wales in Cardiff

Berrick Barnes says Australia are determined to sign off their season with a win over Wales and confirm second place in the world rankings.

The Wallabies, who beat Wales to third place in the World Cup and then notched up three straight wins over the Welsh on summer tour, got their autumn series off to a disastrous start with a 33-6 defeat by France. They have since rebounded with victories over England and Italy, and Barnes insists there would have to be a marked improvement on the second period they played against the Italians, when they almost let a 16-point lead slip. "I don't think we'll be breathing fire and getting too carried away with it all. I think we've got to play smarter than we did last week," he said. "The first half was one of the best halves of footy we've played but we didn't play well at all in that second half."