Coach Robbie Deans has warned changes could be made to his team following the Wallabies' record 53-8 Tri-Nations shellacking at the hands of South Africa.

The Springboks ran in eight tries to one in Johannesburg to inflict upon Australia its largest defeat in terms of margin.

However the Wallabies still remain in contention to win both the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup and will do so if they beat New Zealand in Brisbane on Saturday week.

Deans said upon returning to Australia with the team this afternoon that he is still confident the Wallabies can turn things around.

"People will judge us as they wish," he said.

"We've put ourselves in a position to turn it into something meaningful, regardless of how people judge us.

"We certainly don't want to finish with a performance like the last and there's no reason why we should."

Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock said the Wallabies were simply outplayed by a determined outfit on Saturday.

"No matter what we tried to do they just kept on coming at us and I guess they were desperate and they had nothing to lose," he said.

"They grew in confidence as the game went on and we just found it very tough."

AFP

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