Evergreen halfback George Gregan insists he is comfortable with the role of Wallabies' vice-captain as he enters his fourth consecutive Rugby World Cup campaign.
Gregan, 34, will share the vice-captaincy with flanker Phil Waugh, with Stirling Mortlock set to captain the side in France.
But the 134-Test veteran remains a key member of the Wallabies team and is certain to play a vital role in France.
"It doesn't matter if you're captain or in the leadership group, everyone's involved in helping the team go forward, working with management, working with coaches, working with the players, so (I will) just do that," Gregan said.
"I'm looking forward to it, I think I've said it for a number of years now, I was always looking forward to hopefully getting myself a chance of playing in the World Cup again, and hopefully (we can) get ourselves a chance to win the World Cup."
"It's been a lot of hard work to get here, you have to work hard to keep getting selected in the Wallaby team and obviously getting into the World Cup Squad, so I'm very happy about that," he said.
Having been rested from the Wallabies' 2006 European Spring Tour, Gregan was relegated to the bench for the opening two Tests of the 2007 domestic series against Wales, but has since reclaimed his starting spot.
When asked on Monday if at any stage he feared being overlooked for the World Cup squad Gregan said: "No … I don't think that way - I'm always thinking about the next game and how you can improve, and how the team can improve."
"I've always had a pretty strong belief in my ability so it's just a matter of doing all those little things, and doing the things I've done all my career," he said.
Understandably, Gregan's last hurrah with the Wallabies will attract unbridled sentiment and emotion from the rugby public, but don't expect rugby's most-capped player to get caught up in the hype.
"It's almost getting a bit monotonous this year, everything's the last; I'm just a bit different I'm not that emotionally attached to those types of things," Gregan said.
"I've known I'm going to retire for a while, you always know you don't play this game for forty years … this year has been good and you enjoy those moments but I don't get too emotionally attached to it."
"I'll miss competing, I'll miss especially the big games … (but) I won't miss what goes into get yourself into that situation in terms of preparing, the time away, the sacrifices and all that sort of stuff," he said.