McKenzie expects French backlash

Australian coach Ewen McKenzie was expecting a major backlash from France in their second Test in Melbourne this coming Saturday.

Les Bleus were outclassed by a rampant Wallaby team, the Aussies winning 50-23 in the opening Test in Brisbane at the weekend - scoring seven tries.

Neither McKenzie nor his players were getting carried away with their big win in the opening match of the three-Test series.

"They [France] are the one team in the world that can change more than half their team and get a result in the following week," McKenzie told a post-match media briefing.

"We've seen it so many times it's not funny.

"They have some heavyweights sitting there on the sidelines.

"It's not as though we'll be playing [against] the same team.

"They could come at us in a very different way."

Wallaby scrumhalf Nic White warned that France would take momentum from Morgan Parra's late try and a penalty try from a scrum disintegration as Saint-Andre rung the changes after trailing 50-9 with nine minutes left.

"It's a showcase of what they can do," White said.

"They're a passionate side and their pride has been stung. They will come out and make up for that."

Halfback partner Bernard Foley agreed the seven-try pounding will leave a bitter taste for the French team.

"They won't take that lightly," he said.

"They will come out steaming."