Scotland aim to bounce back against 'wounded' Australia
Scotland and Australia are preparing to face each other in the Nations Championship following disappointing losses to New Zealand and England, respectively. Both teams are looking to bounce back and address individual and collective performance issues.
Why it matters
The match is a high-stakes encounter for two major rugby nations looking to regain form and consistency in international competition.
Two sides who are thrilling and perplexing in almost equal measure, Scotland versus Australia in the Nations Championship on Sunday could be described as the Battle of the Unpredictables.
These are two teams that when they are hot, they are very hot, but both have the capacity to fall so far below their ceiling they are left staring up at it from the floor.
Both are coming off chastening defeats last weekend - the Wallabies taken apart by England at Twickenham, and Scotland taken to the cleaners by New Zealand at Murrayfield.
This is a fixture that stokes the fires of Scotland's Australia-born captain Sione Tuipulotu, but making amends for that second-half no-show against the All Blacks is providing the primary motivation.
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