11 Oct 2011

Wallabies still recovering

2:58 pm on 11 October 2011

Australia's coach Robbie Deans is down-playing injury concerns in the leadup to the rugby World Cup quarter-final against the All Blacks.

The Wallabies spent much of their 11-9 quarter-final win over ther Springboks on defence and have three casualties in midfielder Pat McCabe, prop Sekope Kepu and fullback Kurtley Beale.

Deans says McCabe's recovering well and Beale and Kepu are having scans.

But he says recovery at this stage of the season is very much mental.