Wallabies prop Allan Alaalatoa says the only way Australia can silence the “external noise” about the team’s poor form is to “deliver” against the All Blacks on Saturday. In the aftermath of the Wallabies’ humiliating 67-27 loss to Argentina less than two weeks ago, there have been calls out of the UK for the British and Irish Lions to cancel their tour to Australia next year and instead head to South Africa. “Can we campaign for the Lions to flip the tour and go to South Africa, please?” former England fly-half Andy Goode told The Rugby Pod.
“It can’t happen but if you’re the Lions now at the end of the season and you’re picking anyone to play, it’s South Africa.” Alaalatoa said such “distractions” were inevitable after the magnitude of the defeat. “Everyone’s going to have their opinion,” he said ahead of this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup clash in Sydney.
“There’s always going to be that external noise, and for us as leaders and as a group, we’ve got to focus internally on what’s important to us. “We understand that those distractions are going to be there. People are going to say what they think of us, but again, what’s important for us is believing in ourselves, and executing our plan throughout the week to then go out there and perform, and then change the external noise that’s happening.
“The most important message for us is to deliver what we say we’re going to deliver.” Alaalatoa said the Wallabies were “slowly .