The five players that must perform to get Wallaroos through to the Rugby World Cup finals
Five players could prove pivotal in a must-win match for the Wallaroos at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.
New Zealand delivered Australia a 41-17 thumping at Eden Park in what was a high-scoring start to the tournament.
Australia will face Scotland in Whangarei this weekend where both sides will be searching for their first win in the competition.
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Australia and Scotland go into their second Rugby World Cup match each without a win in the tournament. Hannah Peters via Getty Images
For ex-Wallabies ace turned Stan Sport commentator Morgan Turinui, the tight five is where it will be won and lost.
Speaking on Women's Rugby World Cup Weekly, Turinui identified Liz Patu, Adiana Talakai, Eva Karpani, Sera Naiqama and Atasi Lafai as the driving force.
"What they'll think now, some of the rugby they've seen from some of the other teams now, is they'll know they're in the mix," explained Turinui.
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"[The] top two per pool go through, plus a few third place if your results are good enough.
"The Wallaroos should be eyeing off that second place, but they know they have to beat Scotland this week and they know they have the rugby to do it.
"They can play with front foot ball, they can get the width, they know they'll score tries. Scotland will have issues at width against the Wallaroos.
The Wallaroos went down 17-41 to the Black Ferns at Eden Park. Hannah Peters via Getty Images
"The Wallaroos tight five need to make sure that they're really accurate, set piece, really physical when they can be, and put in 80 minutes.
"The tight five, if they can set it up, the Wallaroos can beat Scotland."
Scotland went down to Wales in their first pool match in Whangarei.
The women in blue levelled the scores at 15 apiece in the 79th minute but failed to convert the try.
In the end, the match would be decided by a penalty kick in the 86th minute that went the way of Wales.
"Scotland actually started very well," Turinui observed.
"Wales are actually really ill-disciplined and Scotland were able to put some pressure on, especially very early.
"Meg Gaffney was the highlight for the Scots, and once again the theme of a northern hemisphere team punching it up the middle for a long period, probably 60-odd minutes, but then finding space out wide against Wales.
"Will they be able to do that against the Wallaroos is the next question."
Australia and Scotland will go head-to-head at 1pm (AEDT) on Saturday with live coverage ad-free and exclusively on Stan Sport.
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