{"id":133816,"date":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133816\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","slug":"harry-wilson-on-his-aussie-never-say-die-attitude-that-inspired-pumas-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133816\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Wilson on his ‘Aussie never-say-die attitude’ that inspired Pumas win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harry Wilson says he\u2019s been inspired by the fighting spirit of Australia\u2019s top-ranked tennis player, Alex de Minaur, as he prepares to lead the Wallabies into another Rugby Championship<\/a> battle with Argentina.<\/p>\n

Test skipper Wilson and Australian teammate Max Jorgensen<\/a> were invited into de Minaur\u2019s box at this year\u2019s Australian Open, presenting the world No.8 with a Wallabies jersey after his third-round win.<\/p>\n

Since then, Wilson has kept close tabs on de Minaur\u2019s career, impressed by his never-say-die attitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cSort of from that day I\u2019ve just tried to watch as much tennis of him as I could, and (I\u2019m) always keeping tabs of how he\u2019s going,\u201d said Wilson, who had a hit with de Minaur ahead of Australia\u2019s Davis Cup tie with Belgium<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he always digs deep, just by himself, not having anyone else around you, is pretty special, and I just love watching how, wherever the ball was, he found a way to get it back.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe definitely has that Aussie never-say-die attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Rugby Championship<\/p>\n

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Bullocking No.8 Wilson appeared to adopt the same approach in the Wallabies\u2019 Test match against the Pumas<\/a> in Townsville last weekend.<\/p>\n

The Australian captain was hailed for his fearless approach, unwilling to settle for a draw as they clawed their way to a dramatic 28-24 victory.<\/p>\n

Wilson said it was an Australian mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mental resilience you have to have as a tennis player is pretty unbelievable, and I guess if there\u2019s something we can take from him (de Minaur), we\u2019ve been behind at halftime in a few games and we\u2019ve found a way to get back into it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just been trying to stack as many moments as we could, and I\u2019m sure that\u2019s the way they\u2019ve got to do it in tennis. It\u2019s not about trying to win the match when you\u2019re two sets down, it\u2019s about winning the next point, the next game, win the next set and then you can win the match from there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think most Australians probably would have done the same thing \u2013 that\u2019s who we are as people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always want to back ourselves, and obviously that one worked there, and it\u2019s probably no different to the way they fight back on the tennis court late in matches trying to get the win, and we love seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wallabies face Argentina<\/a> in the fourth round of the Rugby Championship on Saturday afternoon at Sydney\u2019s Allianz Stadium, with the Test sold out.<\/p>\n

They are second in the four-nations competition behind New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Coach Joe Schmidt will unveil his team on Thursday afternoon and is set to leave out Tom Lynagh<\/a>, who has been carrying a hamstring niggle.<\/p>\n

Tane Edmed is reportedly set for a surprise start at No.10 ahead of James O\u2019Connor<\/a>, with Schmidt preferring to leave the veteran on the bench to steer the team home in the second half.<\/p>\n

Edmed, who will play his third Test, made his debut against Ireland<\/a> late last year, but the Pumas match will be his first start.<\/p>\n

The ACT Brumbies<\/a> recruit was called into the squad following injuries to playmakers Noah Lolesio<\/a> and Ben Donaldson.<\/p>\n

Schmidt is expected to make a number of changes to freshen up the side after two Tests in South Africa<\/a> and the Townsville match, played in hot conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Wilson says he\u2019s been inspired by the fighting spirit of Australia\u2019s top-ranked tennis player, Alex de Minaur,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-133816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}