Toomua's presence at No.12 looks to have freed up Cooper. Source: PETER MUHLY / AFP
WALLABIES midfield hardman Matt Toomua says that a win by any margin will be good enough this week against the struggling Scots.
The Wallabies arrived in icy Edinburgh on Sunday full of confidence after their four-tries-to-nil hammering of Ireland, while that same afternoon the home side suffered a 28-0 humiliation at the hands of South Africa at Murrayfield.
But suggestions the Wallabies should romp home this Saturday were played down by Toomua, who cited the past two results against them, both one-point defeats.
"You still have to win, you underestimate sometimes how much just a win means," Toomua said.
"In 2011 with the Brumbies [after finishing 13th with just three wins], then in 2012 we went in at the start of the year and guys were saying 'You can't just buy wins'.
"Even when you win tight and you're not playing well, that creates a culture of finding a way to win.
"You see the All Blacks, they don't win 50-10 every game, they find a way to win. At the end of the day there's no bonus points up for grabs here, a win is most of the time good enough at this level.
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"We're not looking to win 19-17, we want to win by more, but at the same time I think you have to realise that a win is a win, it's international level."
And Toomua, who is developing a reputation as a hitman at inside centre on this tour after some thumping tackles, conceded the Wallabies must develop the art of winning against the tide.
"That's pretty fair, a lot of our games have been decided by the last 10 minutes, so that's something that you're going to have to develop," Toomua said.
"You can't be at your peak every game but if you can learn to win when things aren't stacked in your favour, that's an important psychological trait to have in the team.
"Having said that, we're not coming over to 'just win' but it's a very important thing to have. All the good teams find ways to win and it's something we have to develop."
Toomua's partnership with five-eighth Quade Cooper appears to be blossoming, with the team combining for 11 tries in the past two Tests and the backline seeing plenty of ball in space.
"Personally I'm starting to read when Quade likes to go to the line and when he likes to deliver," Toomua said.
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"That will help me, that will help Tevita [Kuridrani], it will help Izzy [Israel Folau], and you're seeing guys like Izzy more often than not break tackles, that's always helping guys around him when they're looking for offloads and stuff like that.
"It will come. We're definitely not there yet but it's exciting that we can put some points on now. We're definitely still growing."
Asked about his role in the team as not only a ball player but a hard-running enforcer, Toomua said: "If I'm going to be at No.12 I don't want to just be a ball-playing 12, or just a distributor, I want to provide another aspect to that.
"That physicality is something you need, at this level you can't just play side-to-side you have to have some vertical attack.
"We're getting that in patches at the moment, with Tevita there as well.
"I thought defensively I was okay in areas there. I was quite happy in certain parts, if I made a mistake in attack or somewhere I could try to fix it and not just make the tackle but make a statement in that area.
"I think that's important, because the balance you get having a ball-playing 12 is that you can quite often lose a lot of physicality, so it's something I can bring to the game, try to get the best of both worlds hopefully."
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