Australia are mentally and physically ready to take on All Blacks - Michael Hooper

Australia captain Michael Hooper has played down concerns about lack of form and fitness ahead of the Rugby Championship opening game against All Blacks in Sydney on Saturday.

With just one Australian team managing to reach the quarter-finals in the recently concluded Super Rugby season, most of the Wallabies players were hardly seen in action.

Head coach Michael Cheika organised training camps in Newcastle and Cessnock to help the team get into the groove as compared to New Zealand, who had four teams in the quarter-finals with Crusaders even going to win the title.

Hooper, who will now take over the reins full-time from Stephen Moore is pleased with the progress his team has made leading into the tournament.

"We've seen some really good improvements, immeasurable fitness (gains), during the couple of camps we've had," the flanker told AAP.

"But more than that, some really good mental fitness as well.

"It's one thing being able to make your targets; it's another being able to push to get better than what your target is and I think we've developed that.

"You would have heard 'Cheik' saying 'guys have learnt how to work hard' and we've definitely achieved that over the course of the last three weeks."

Australia last won the Bledisloe Cup in 2002 and have overall won the coveted trophy just 12 times as compared to their counterparts, who won it 44 times. Despite, not having much success against Steve Hansen's men, Moore believes New Zealand can be matched as shown by Lions in the recent series.

"There's obviously ways they play the game, but every team that plays has weaknesses," he said.

"They give you a lot of ball, but it's also one of their strengths. You can make the most of it.

"They're just a very good team at continually delivering the same picture.

"So to break them down, we've got some plans around that and it's about doing it more consistently than them."