Wallaby coach Eddie Jones has called on his players to put in their best-ever performance against South Africa when the Tri-Nations title will be on the line.

The Wallabies claimed another last-gasp win over the All Blacks at Stadium Australia on Saturday night, Matthew Burke slotting a penalty after time had run out to give his team a 16-14 win that not only retained the Bledisloe Cup but also kept the Tri-Nations alive.

Speaking to reporters after that win on Sunday, Jones says he wants his players to turn in the finest effort by an Australian team in South Africa in order to also retain the Tri-Nations title for a record third straight year.

"The first time Australia went there after it all came together was a good performance but since then they've been pretty ordinary," Jones said of the Wallabies' 1992, 26-3 win over the Springboks in Cape Town.

"Last year's performance in Pretoria was very listless," he added of the team's 20-15 loss in 2001. "We really want to play well over there ... play the best 80 minutes that any Australian side has ever played in South Africa."

In order to prepare for the match in Johannesburg and acclimatise the Wallabies will train at the same time of day in Australia as when the match will be played, with no injury worries from the All Blacks match though Burke picked up an ankle niggle and Stephen Larkham a cut nose.

While Jones believes the effort by his players against New Zealand was by far the Wallabies' best so far in 2002, he says there is still plenty of room for improvement.

"We're still doing it in pieces - the last 15 minutes of the game were excellent but in the first 25 minutes of that half I think we had five possessions and turned four over with the second phase. I thought the first half effort was probably the most consistent this year."