Ulster wing to repay national faith

Robinson has named the exact same matchday 22 following last weekend's win over Fiji for Saturday's mouth-watering clash with Australia at Murrayfield.

That means Danielli is all set to win his 22nd cap against the Wallabies, despite some critics suggesting he may be forced out of the starting line up after a high-profile error last time out.

Danielli drew plenty of criticism after he surged in from his wing to leave space out wide as the Fijians scored their only try of the game in the first of Scotland's three autumn internationals.

But the former Bristol, Bath and Border Reivers wideman admits that he has already done what all good players do in learning from his error and then immediately putting it behind him.

"I just did my review of the game and looked at that incident in particular and chatted it through with the coaches and I'll get back out there now Andy's put faith in me again," said Danielli, who is now in his sixth season of Magners League rugby having moved to Border Reivers in 2004 and on to Ulster three years later.

"It was not as clear cut at it looks. I've watched it back, and done lots of thinking about it, but at the time it felt like they had an overlap. I had two guys to mark on the short side.

"Instead of just focusing on one guy and hitting him, it was made to look worse by just having a flailing arm. I had a few options but did not take any of them 100 per cent, those are the kinds of margins international rugby is all about."

And now that the video analysis and post-match assessments are out of the way, Danielli is fully focused on playing a key role in what would be Scotland's first victory over the Wallabies in 27 years.

Instead of shying away from the action, the 30-year-old is determined to get involved as much as possible on Saturday as the entire 22 look to endorse Robinson's consistency of selection.

"Andy speaks to us as wingers and a back three and says he wants us to get involved in the game," added Danielli.

"For us as players, that's what we want to do ourselves. We want to get the ball in open-field play in the middle of the pitch, not just out on our wings.

"As a backline we all want to be as threatening and dangerous as possible, though that will take a massive amount of hard work and precision in the way we play.

"Against Australia, our role is to try to break their defence and ask questions of them. It will not be easy because they have a very good defence, play within their systems and are filled with good players.

"Andy's put faith in the side that got a win last week and, as individuals, we're all pleased about that.

"As a team, we want to repay that faith he's put in us collectively. It's an opportunity for us as a set of players - it's an exciting challenge."