WHICH Australian team will turn up to Dublin's iconic Croke Park on Saturday night?
The lethargic outfit that barely laid a tackle in the first half of the Breffni Park Test?
Or the hard-running, sure ball-users whose 17-point run from late in the third quarter got them within eight points of Ireland?
To be any chance of beating the Irish on their home turf, the Aussies will have channel their 'good side' from the opening throw-up of the second Test.
And that's before they can even dream of erasing the 22-point deficit they gave up last Saturday night and claiming the Cormac McAnnellen Perpetual Trophy.
Australian coach Michael O'Loughlin, though, is confident his team will be ready to go from the opening seconds of Saturday night's game.
O'Loughlin slammed the Australian's lack of defensive intensity after the first Test. But after another week of training with the round ball he is confident his team will bring the right level of intensity to Croke Park.
"The effort I suspect tomorrow will be at a pretty high level," O'Loughlin said at the pre-match press conference on Friday.
"We trained well, we prepared well and we go into the game confident that it will be an absolutely better-performed Australian side out here on Croke Park."
Australian captain Daniel Wells shares O'Loughlin's confidence, saying he has no doubt his teammates finally have the right mindset to take the game up to the Irish.
"I think when we first came over we got a bit overwhelmed with the whole situation," Wells said.
"We got a good wake-up call last weekend in Cavan. But the boys have been a lot more focused and everyone is looking forward to the last Test."
Wells and his teammates head into Saturday night's game without Lance Franklin, who flew home after the first Test to attend the wedding of former Hawthorn teammate Brent Guerra.
O'Loughlin had been hoping Patrick Ryder could make a late-minute dash to Ireland to help cover the loss of Franklin, but the Essendon ruckman remains in Melbourne awaiting the birth of his third child.
The Aussie coach, however, is adamant that his team is not relying on individuals to get itself back into the series, saying only a complete team effort will cut the mustard.
There have been some murmurings from the Irish camp that the visitors might resort to some rough stuff to throw them off their game.
But O'Loughlin and Wells were adamant the Aussies would not cross the line.
"I absolutely won't be putting up with any undisciplined acts," O'Loughlin said.
"It's not what I'm about. We'll be hard and tough at the footy and hard and tough at the man with the footy."
Asked whether he had his mind on winning the second Test or the series, O'Loughlin proved he is fast learning the coaching caper.
Channelling the coaching fraternity's process-driven code, O'Loughlin said his only focus was ensuring his team played good football.
Its ability to dominate Ireland during its second-half burst last week gave him confidence its best was good enough to win.
But O'Loughlin is not underestimating the magnitude of the challenge facing him and his team.
"It's a big [deficit]. So we've got our work cut out for us, but I certainly won't be going down without a fight."
The Irish are certainly expecting a vastly improved Aussie effort.
Coach Paul Earley said there was no danger of complacency creeping into his team despite their commanding series lead.
"All the boys are very, very focused on the performance again tomorrow night," Earley said.
"Coming to Croke Park, it's the home of Gaelic football and everybody wants to put in a big effort."
One thing's for sure, it will be a massive occasion for the Australian team.
As the first indigenous Australian team to represent their country since the 1868 cricket team, the All-Stars will want to finish the tour with a performance they – and all Australians – can be proud of.
