Tokyo: Wallabies veteran Sekope Kepu has declared the All Blacks the ‘‘kings’’ of the little things and urged Australia to embrace a similar attitude to their everyday work in pursuit of a much-needed Test win this weekend.

Long service: Veteran prop Sekope Kepu. Credit:Rugby Australia

Kepu will become the ninth Wallabies centurion in the third Bledisloe Cup clash on Saturday and the first Australian prop to reach the milestone. As someone who has played in and against many great Test teams, the Waratahs front-rower said the Wallabies could learn a lot from their arch rivals.

‘‘It’s not being bored with doing the same things over and over again,’’ Kepu said. ‘‘Whatever’s working, keep doing it and not changing everything. It links in directly with the consistency [issue]. Working on something at training and not letting it go as soon as it’s done well. Against New Zealand, they’re kings of that, they bring that every week in different aspects of their game and that’s something that we aspire to do.’’

Kepu should know what works, having refined his routines and processes over a decade-long career in the gold jersey. These days he gets around in thick white compression socks to protect his ‘‘baby cows’’ (his calves) – a tip from Queensland coach Brad Thorn – and he hasn’t touched a drink all year. Even then he jokes he’s merely ‘‘hanging in there’’.