Centre Nick Tompkins says Wales will adopt a simplified game plan against Australia that he admits people might find “boring and tedious”.

Wales arrived in Australia on a run of seven international defeats and having finished bottom of the Six Nations for the first time in 21 years.

Warren Gatland’s side will face the Wallabies in a two-Test series with the opening game in Sydney on Saturday before the match in Melbourne seven days later.

Tompkins, 29, says Wales plan to go back to basics.

“We will probably have a more simplified game plan,” Tompkins told the Rugby Union Daily podcast.

“You are going to see what some people might find boring or tedious but we are going to get back to our roots, working hard and making sure our defence, kicking game and how we compete for the ball is dominant again.

“We are trying to strip things right back and give ourselves something we can hang our hat on and be proud of.

“You have to give yourselves an identity as a team and that’s how you breed confidence. You have to start with the fundamentals.”