Wallabies can take heart from Lions series for litmus Tests against South Africa | Angus Fontaine

Inspired by Will Skelton, Australia are fit and full of fire after smashing the Lions in Sydney and rediscovering their mojo

If Australian rugby is to take a key learning from the British & Irish Lions tour and adopt a credo for the upcoming Rugby Championship and the road to the 2027 World Cup, Will Skelton nailed it at half-time on Saturday: "We don't take no itshay."

The 203cm, 145kg colossus's performance was as big as he was in the Wallabies' stirring victory in Sydney. But Skelton's fighting words to his team - "Keep fighting. Keep fighting for each other. Keep fighting for the jersey" - and the pig Latin catchcry that followed was a crudity that offered perfect clarity to Joe Schmidt's team.