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SIX Nations Grand Slam champions Wales will be out to finally take a Tri-Nations scalp when they host Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
It's four years since they last beat either the Wallabies, the All Blacks or the Springboks, but our top rugby man Rob Griffiths will be there to analyse all the action as Warren Gatland's men aim to seize their best chance this autumn of a victory over one of the big three Southern Hemisphere sides.
On the eve of the game, however, coach Robin McBryde - an Anglesey man and, we think, a keen reader of the Daily Post - has blasted some players for not giving it their all in training this week.
This players are set to get a talking to next week by all accounts - but isn't it refreshing in British and particularly in Welsh sport that Gatland has instilled such a competitive mentality in the team that brave defeats to the two best sides in world rugby - New Zealand and South Africa - have gone down badly in the Wales camp.
Hopefully Wales can put that right in Saturday's game, and as always we've got a full preview in the Daily Post - as well as Liverpool and Everton, the build-up to Sunday's Manchester derby, Wrexham and all the Welsh Premier games.
And, of course, don't miss Monday's edition with our weekly pullout The Score, in which we'll have all the reaction and analysis from the weekend's action.
Anyway, time for me to go - if Rob Griffiths catches me blogging on Welsh rugby it'll be probably be the last time I get to do it!

EVERTON could be back in the top six with victory at Wigan tonight - and they'll be glad to be away from Goodison Park.
David Moyes says his players will feel less under pressure on their travels than in front of their own fans - while they have won just once at Goodison this season, a win at the JJB stadium would be the Blues' third on the bounce on the road this season.
As always there's a full match preview in Monday's Daily Post, and you can keep up to date with tonight's game at www.dailypost.co.uk/sport. And of course, as always chief sports writer Ian Doyle will be giving his verdict on the match in Tuesday's paper.
Also in Monday's paper, Wrexham boss Dean Saunders invents a new word, "flabbergasting", to describe how the Dragons had a host of chances at Kidderminster but still managed to come away with a 1-0 defeat. How many points would Deano get for that in Scrabble?
We've also got Rob Griffiths' verdict on Wales' 29-9 defeat to the All Blacks, and while we're on post-mortems there's all the reaction to Liverpool's dismal 0-0 draw with Fulham.
One more thing - as a lifelong Manchester City fan I'd like to say well done for that stunning victory over Arsenal to Mark Hughes, our manager, Robinho, our Brazilian star player, Stephen Ireland, our player of the season so far, and Daniel Sturridge, our star of the future. More of the same against United next week!

WITH Aaron Ramsey and Jack Collison set to face Denmark next week, it's judgement day for Jason Koumas.
And it is also time for John Toshack to give goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey a kick up the backside after the Wales manager named his squad for the friendly.
Ramsey - who will make his debut next week - and Collison are the future in midfield for Wales and are expected to play together in Brondby next Wednesday.
That could mean Koumas misses out for at least part of the game - although with only three strikers in the squad Toshack may experiment with playing Koumas just behind captain Craig Bellamy, with Ramsey and Collison in the engine room.
Koumas has been the most creative force in the Wales squad for a couple of years now, but too often he goes missing, and not just during the game - too often he has already made his excuses when the call comes for those gruelling away trips.
If Koumas does face Denmark next week, he must show Toshack he still has something to offer as the next generation stake their claim for a place in Wales' bid to reach the 2010 World Cup.
Meanwhile, with Boaz Myhill one of Hull's stars as the Tigers have roared to the top six of the Premier League this season, Hennessey - currently out of the Wolves side - is facing a threat to his number one spot.
Toshack must give Myhill his chance to impress next Wednesday - with Hennessey still only 21 years of age, he has plenty of time to win his place back.

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