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Losing streak against Wallabies doesn't worry Wales coach Gatland

Wales coach Warren Gatland insisted the fact his side had lost their past 10 Tests against Australia would have no bearing on their World Cup clash at Twickenham on Saturday. Both sides, who've each beaten knocked-out tournament hosts England in the 'Pool of Death', have already qualified for the quarter-finals. But the winners of Saturday's match will top Pool A and avoid a resurgent South Africa in the last eight. Wales have not beaten Australia since 2008 but their last five meetings have seen them lose by just a single score. "We haven’t spoken about it at all," Gatland told reporters at Wales' Weybridge training base, south-west of London, on Thursday after announcing his side for this weekend's match. "The last five times there’s been a score in it. We've been ahead in games and not been able to finish it off," the New Zealander added. But he cited Wales' 12-6 win over South Africa in November and their recent 28-25 World Cup defeat of England, where they were three times down by 10 points, as proof of his team's increasing ability to deal with pressure situations. "You learn from that. Experience comes from that and that showed in the last big game in the autumn versus South Africa, we closed that game down and were brilliant in the last 15 minutes. "Against England, coming from behind and the maturity to close that game down. If we are in that same situation on Saturday night, we're able to be smart and accurate enough to be able to shut the game down," added Gatland, who guided Wales to the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand, where a loss to France in the last four was followed by a defeat by Australia in the third-place playoff. Gatland, asked if the pressure was off both Wales and Australia on Saturday, replied: "Not really. It is a little bit as we are through to the quarter-finals which means not having to desperately win the game to make the quarter-finals." However, he added: "We're desperate to win and get a second seed team in the quarter-final."