Wednesday 9 November 2016 14:51, UK
John Barclay is determined to ensure Scotland avoid being caught cold like Wales when they take on Australia at Murrayfield on Saturday.
The Scarlets flanker plays with, or against, most of the Wales squad for his club and was surprised by how easily they were brushed aside 32-8 by the Wallabies last Saturday.
Wales only managed a single Leigh Halfpenny penalty in the opening hour at the Principality Stadium and were three tries down by half-time.
Australia's pace and fluid play often left Welsh players standing and, after brief exchanges with his colleagues and opponents, Barclay is keen that Scotland do not meet the same fate.
He said: "Obviously I play with a lot of the Welsh boys and I spoke to a couple of them in the week leading up to it and they were feeling good about things. Sometimes you have those days but the manner of the defeat would probably be the most disappointing thing for them.
"You could maybe tell Australia had played a lot recently and Wales hadn't played together as a unit but that's something we have to learn from. It's important we don't fall into that trap as well.
"I exchanged a few text messages here and there. They were bitterly disappointed so you don't want to pry too deep. But you can see a lot from the video where they went wrong.
"One of the main differences is the speed everything happens at. They were trying to get forward and Wales have had a great defence in recent years. But Australia played a lot of options inside and outside, it's obviously something they looked at before the game and it all came off for them.
"Certainly they want to play fast ball, they want to play with the ball in front of them, moving the ball. Every team's goal in defence is to slow it down, if not turn it over, so nothing changes there really.
"They attack slightly differently, they have a lot of trail plays, a lot of movement, a lot of multiple-option plays, where defenders around the ball have all got to be doing the right job, not just the guy in front of the ball.
"So, yeah, they present a unique challenge, but I believe defence is relatively straightforward. But the speed of how it happens in international rugby, you don't have the recovery time that you maybe do in a pro rugby game."
