That’s unless they play on a patch of turf in the centre of Cardiff where they should strike up an annual shrimp barbecue, serve ice-chilled Fosters or XXXX beer and hand out thongs as gifts when Wales visit.
Twelve straight wins over Wales since 2009 is either one step closer to tripping up the streak or one step closer to a serious complex about gold jerseys for longstanding Welsh players.
So what can Wales expect from the 2017 Wallabies at Principality Stadium this time on November 11?
The team has been largely reshaped since the 2015 Rugby World Cup thriller between the sides because Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has been busy advancing Generation Next in time for the 2019 edition. More than 20 new faces have been blooded in Tests in the past 18 months.
Regulars like skipper Michael Hooper, prop Sekope Kepu, in-form halfback Will Genia, Tatafu Polota-Nau, the hooker with a hundred hairstyles, Welsh nemesis Kurtley Beale and playmaker Bernard Foley are still an experienced core.
It is the progress of other players which has made 2017 such promising season for the Wallabies plus bedding down some key combinations and belief.
It didn’t look that way when the All Blacks were running amok 54-6 with the Test against the Wallabies not yet over in Sydney in August when the defensive structure went haywire.
You can always pluck out statistics to serve a cause but the Wallabies went on a 45-0 scoring run against the All Blacks from that point and no team in history has done that.
The 28 unanswered points to finish the Sydney slaughter may have been cheap points against Kiwis who had dropped their guard but the high-powered 17-0 start in the Dunedin Test a week later certainly were 100 per cent value.
When the Wallabies came back twice to sink the world champions 23-18 in Brisbane, the signs of improvement were concrete.
The Wallabies have found a ripper lock in Adam Coleman, one of Cheika’s 2016-17 projects. He already has nearly 20 Tests under his belt. He scraps, he’s physical, he takes on the big dogs in rival packs, he has a great engine to rack up 15 tackles a game and he leads the lineout. Did we say he’s 2.04m and with a physique strapped to it?
On the wing, Marika Koroibete was virtually unknown to rugby fans in Australia a year ago. He’s another Fijian flyer but perhaps the best of the lot.
He is from a rugby league background with the champion Melbourne Storm. He hugs the touchline and when given the ball he frames his body like a low torpedo so no cover defender is going to knock him into the corner post. He just loves scoring tries like Shane Williams once did.
Reece Hodge is another from the clouds. He only made his Super Rugby debut at the beginning of last year but the utility back is now kicking 53m penalty goals with a wet ball to help beat the All Blacks.
Backrower Sean McMahon doesn’t have the big body of Taulupe Faletau as a No.8 but his turf-shredding runs have produced some of the most energising moments of 2017 for the Wallabies.
Packaged up, Cheika has backed with zeal his “Australian way” of running the ball over kicking but with the smarter notion that having Foley, Genia, Beale and Hodge as more general kicking options is a wise idea when on the backfoot.
The Wallabies racked up 42 tries in 10 Tests before embarking on their end-of-season tour which was more potency in attack than they produced for the whole of 2016.
More than 50 per cent have been ignited off reliable lineouts which is a hint at the rewards for some excellent set plays by backline coach Steve Larkham.
The Wallabies are getting better at the little things. The All Blacks scored on half-time for a key bounceback try in Dunedin and rattled the Wallabies into missing a kick-off reception in the final minutes to steal it.
In Brisbane, the Wallabies roared 70m on half-time with a sustained move and impressive backrow sub Lukhan Tui seized a tough kick-off at the death. Lessons learnt.
The warning comes from Genia.
“It’s important a young group realises that history and performances in the past (against Wales) don’t count for nothing. At this level margins are fine,” Genia said of key moments in Australia-Wales Tests that could have twisted a different way for different endings.
“We have to make sure the team is on because consistency in our performances is what’s important to finish the year strongly.”
