WHAT goes around comes around – well at least that is how Wallabies centre Matt Toomua hopes their Bush2Bledisloe tour will work.

In Bathurst today as part of a tour which has already seen them visit Dubbo and Orange, the Wallabies are making sure to engage Central West rugby union fans in between their preparation for the August 16 Bledisloe Cup opener.

In Bathurst they will train with players from local schools plus both the Bathurst Bulldogs and CSU rugby clubs, while all residents of the city are invited to watch the Wallabies run their own drills from 2.30pm tomorrow at Ashwood Park.

It is some of those Bathurst residents that Toomua hopes are in the crowd at ANZ Stadium when they take on the All Blacks.

He believes a vocal bunch of supporters could give the Wallabies the same sort of boost the NSW Waratahs got at the venue last Saturday when beating New Zealand rivals the Crusaders in the Super Rugby decider.

“You saw the ’Tahs on the weekend, a record crowd, a vocal crowd, and Michael Cheika [Waratahs coach] said that probably got them over the line,” he said.

“So it would be huge to get a big crowd, an excited crowd, and hopefully we will make it hard for them.”

While Toomua only made his Australia debut last year, his maiden Test in the Wallabies’ green and gold coming against New Zealand, he is aware of how tough it will be to wrestle the Bledisloe Cup from the All Blacks’ grasp.

Though he impressed filling in as flyhalf for the Wallabies, last year ended with the All Blacks winning an 11th consecutive Bledisloe Cup.

But the Waratahs’ Super Rugby victory and that Toomua and his ACT Brumbies were just one win away from qualifying for the decider, gives him confidence New Zealand’s streak can be halted.

“It [Waratahs’ win] breeds a sense of positivity and excitement I think for us. For an Australian team to topple a New Zealand team at ANZ was very exciting and we were all sort of buoyed by it,” he said.

“For us we kind of have to focus on the specifics of game plans and things like that.

“It could have been the year last year, it could have been the year before that. I think we have got reason to feel excited, but in saying that, we know those players go to an extra level when they pull on a black jersey, so we have got to be the same.”

What will help the Wallabies reach that level, as Toomua alluded to, is the support given to them by the Australian public.

He has enjoyed the reception he and his team-mates have been given on the Bush2Bledisloe tour thus far. 

“It’s great to be out here ... I have never been out here before, so it’s pretty exciting,” he said.

“It is great to see fans that we don’t traditionally see outside of the city. Engaging the fans is a huge part of our job. We’ve got to ensure the health of the sport, so I think to get out here is great.

“In terms of our actual physical preparation, the staff have been working around that for weeks, if not months, so we don’t lose anything there, so it’s great.”