Kangaroos hooker Cameron Smith insists his team has had a good preparation for Saturday's World Cup final despite advancing to the decider unbeaten.
The reigning champions have beaten New Zealand (30-6 in Sydney), England (52-4 in Melbourne), Papua New Guinea (46-6 in Townsville) and Fiji (52-0 in Sydney) to book their place in the decider against the Kiwis.
But while they have racked up 180 points and conceded only 16 in their four starts so far, Smith dismissed suggestions that Australia is vulnerable because it hasn't yet been fully tested.
"We've had some big scorelines in the games we've played but we think our preparation's been pretty good," Smith said in Brisbane. "Obviously we probably would have liked a nice, tough close game leading into the final but that's the way our draw happened to go."
"As soon as we finished the game last week against Fiji we spoke about putting all the past games behind us and that they weren't going to really mean much this week."
"Like I said, we feel that we've had really good preparation, we're very confident in our game at the moment but those past scorelines don't mean much this week."
With his own playing future beyond 2009 still undecided, as the Gold Coast Titans prepare to make a massive play for the Melbourne Storm skipper, Smith again said he'd had no contact with the Queensland club.
Preferring to speak about Saturday's Suncorp Stadium clash, Smith pointed to the Tri Nations final result from 2005 and was adamant that the Kangaroos would not be taking the Kiwis lightly.
"We all know that they're a very good team and … you only have to look back a few years ago where everyone said that Australia was going to be unbeatable and there was no side in the world that can beat them and they got touched up 24-0," he said.
"We're very aware that although we've beaten them once this tournament already it's going to be a totally different story on Saturday."
While reluctant to single out any of the opposition when asked who posed the biggest danger, Smith did admit that the Kangaroos are expecting a lot more out of Benji Marshall considering his improvement since he struggled against Australia a month ago.
"What I've seen of him so far he hasn't been unpredictable, he's been very good this tournament so we're expecting him to have another 'A' grade game against us and he's certainly a bloke that we have to watch out for," he added.
Smith is also full of praise for Kiwis coach Steve Kearney, who is also an assistant coach under Craig Bellamy at the Storm.
"I think Steve's a student of the game, he does a lot of research on opposition players and I guess it helps working under a guy like Craig Bellamy," he said.
"He's a very passionate bloke and I think that's the key to leading a national team around … and that just feeds into the players. He certainly played with a lot of passion when he wore the black and white and I think all the players enjoy playing for him."