Adam Ashley-Cooper doesn't want to hear that the Wallabies' grand slam dream is over and says they're bent on finishing undefeated in Britain and Ireland.
With no time to mope over Monday's shattering 20-20 draw with Ireland, the Wallabies have arrived in Edinburgh hastily resetting their focus.
Ireland's last-minute try means they can no longer emulate the Andrew Slack-led 1984 side which remains the only Wallabies tour party to defeat England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
But fullback Ashley-Cooper said becoming only the second Wallabies squads to go through a grand slam tour undefeated was a worthy goal for the young and improving squad.
''It was not the result we were looking for on the weekend against Ireland, being a draw and having that empty feeling of no result,'' Ashley-Cooper said yesterday.
''It's been very quiet since the game. No one officially has told me that it's over. I don't want to hear it and that's the way I'm approaching it the grand slam's not over.
''It will be a second Wallaby team to go through undefeated and that'll be us. We've still got three games to play and we're undefeated and that's the way we want it to finish. It's very important to me and it's very important to everyone else in the squad.''
Australia has a short six-day turnaround before facing Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday and then rounding out its British Isles campaign with a mid-week clash with Cardiff and the last Test against Wales at Millennium Stadium.
Ashley-Cooper is convinced the Wallabies are at the dawn of a special new era under coach Robbie Deans, who has rebuilt the side to the point where only five players remain from the infamous 2007 World Cup quarter-final loss to England in Marseilles.
Ashley-Cooper, flyhalf Matt Giteau, flanker and captain Rocky Elsom, hooker Stephen Moore and prop Benn Robinson survive in a touring group where the average age of the 35 players is just 24.
''The footy we're playing we're very happy with and we're building on that and we can feel it coming together,'' Ashley-Cooper said.
''Scotland is our next opportunity to keep building and progressing because this is the start of something. We all believe that. Hopefully we will keep improving as individuals and hopefully that will benefit the team in the long run.''
Ashley-Cooper admitted the Wallabies played more conservatively than usual against Ireland, kicking mostly for field position, rather than chancing their arm on counterattack, in an attempt to keep the Six Nations champion at bay.
The fullback beat four defenders on the one occasion he ran the ball back, but said Australia's primary goal was to limit Ireland's attacking opportunities inside the Wallabies' red zone and to take flyhalf Ronan O'Gara out of the game.
''I thought we played smart footy,'' he said. ''We kicked when we should have and ran when we should have. There was obviously an approach that we had against the Irish because we know how good they can be in our half, so field position was an important aspect of the game.
''That's probably what you saw. It's obviously not an approach that we would have applied in front of an Aussie crowd, but something that's very important up here [in the northern hemisphere].'' AAP
SUNDAY
Grand slam tour: Scotland v Australia at Murrayfield, 4am. TV time: Live on Ten and Fox Sports1.
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