Well, not that I like to give free advice to the Wallabies but it seems coach Robbie Deans has at long last picked up on one of the problem areas he has and one I have pointed out a few times already. On Sunday he hinted that Will Genia is likely to get his chance at scrumhalf.

The Wallabies are zero from four in this year’s Tri-Nations and copped a fair hammering from the Boks. Forget the consolation tries scored by the Wallabies towards the end, by that time the Boks were in cooling off mode and thinking about Brisbane and beyond. Rightly so I would suggest, the game was already won and still a few hard games to come.

As for the Wallabies, they have two games left, against the Springboks in Brisbane this Saturday and the All Blacks in Wellington on September 19, to save some face.

For the record, they have gone through a Tri-Nations tournament without a win in the 2005 series, when they lost all their four Tests under Ed the Lip.

The Wallaby supporters are a patient lot but a number of people has been putting pressure on Deans to make more changes, he on the other hand is reluctant to bring in too many inexperienced players.

It does however look like Genia, 21, looks set to replace the erratic Luke Burgess, who struggles with the basic concept of scrumhalf play…like passing the ball.

He did not help his chances when he committed the cardinal sin of turning his back on rival Fourie du Preez, when South Africa were awarded a penalty near his try-line, this slip costed his team 7 points.

On the other hand, and as on previous occasion Genia slipped into the role with ease, providing a slick service to Giteau during his time on the field..

Deans had the following to say: “[Genia] has shown that he’s got what he needs to do well at Test level. He looked himself and that’s great.”

“That’s the essence, when these blokes get to the point they approach Test rugby like club games, they’re good to go.”

“But we still have a number who are putting their own barriers up unnecessarily.”

Early indications are that Deans is likely to have inside-centre Berrick Barnes back from concussion to play in Brisbane, this will solve another problem he had on the weekend. Ashley-Cooper and Cross failed as a combination.  His other replacement Quade Cooper made a big impact at flyhalf for the Wallabies to help them score two late consolation tries but with a fit Barnes he will probably miss out for now.

We need to keep in mind that Deans has a job and like Jake White the final product and result will only be measured in 2011. He admitted he was considering changes but, with few experienced options, indicated he was reluctant to move into experimentation mode.

He learned a hard lesson last year when wholesale changes saw his charges losing 53-8 to the Springboks.

“We don’t want to expose everyone all at once,” Deans said. “You can say ‘look to the future, this is where we’ll be in five years, let’s go there now’.”

“But you can actually burn the future if you don’t manage the arrivals.”

“Tampering for tampering’s sake is not appropriate to that end.”

“We saw what happened at Ellis Park last year and we don’t want to go back there, thanks.”

“You have one side [South Africa] at the peak of their trade and maturity and we’re chasing that and seeing that there’s a critical mass.”

Very wise words from the man, the Boks are riding a crest build on 5+ years of experience from key players, he only started this process last year. Personally I am worried about their prospects in another two years time…