Assistant Jim Williams says there will be no radical change to Australia's game plan when the country's new coaching regime comes together with less than two weeks to prepare for their first Test match.

Former Test forward Williams jetted into Sydney on Friday fresh from helping Irish side Munster to a second European Cup title in three years.

He will link with new Australian head coach Robbie Deans, whose Crusaders play in the Super 14 final against NSW on Saturday night, and fellow assistant Michael Foley on Monday.

That's when a 30-man Wallabies squad for the June 14 Test against Ireland in Melbourne will also be named.

Williams, who has been getting to know Deans via regular telephone hook-ups, will be imparting his inside knowledge of the Irish after working in the country since 2001.

Asked if there would be a new game-plan after Australia's elimination in the quarter-finals of last year's World Cup, Williams said: "No, not at all.

"It's just one of those things that's got to be fairly basic.

"From my point of view, having Ireland first up, I'm fairly focused on that and I've got to fit things in place there.

"Hopefully I can just put my input in there, keep it fairly simple and just be very direct with the team like that."

Williams said despite the seismic change in bringing in New Zealander Deans, Australian rugby did not need a complete overhaul.

"(It's) not so much it's got to be turned around," he said.

"There's always a whole lot of expectation with Australia, always has been and it's obviously disappointing not to get past the old foes England (at the World Cup).

"There's things that have to be worked on, same as every team."

Deans' amazing Super 14 success is the reason he was hired by the ARU but this year it has also delivered the smallest possible timeframe for one of the biggest changes ever in Australian rugby, the hiring of a foreign head coach for the first time.

"We'll make sure we get our work done first and make sure we can get to know each other very well, as well as possible," Williams said.

Williams would not be drawn on whether Monday's squad will contain any surprises but will join another phone hook-up with Deans and Foley this weekend.

"It's been phone hook-ups and I've been talking to him, basically get to know him, just with personal conversations," Williams said of his relationship with Deans since being appointed in February.

"We've had (conversations) working on what we're going to do and how we want to go and how we want to get things moving forward so it's been fairly regular."

While some traditionalists have had trouble adjusting to the prospect of Deans' presence in the Wallabies dressing sheds, Williams has his own take on the Kiwi's trail-blazing path in the Australian game.

"I'm married to one so it's not a real issue," he said.

"I think it will be certainly easier working with one than being married to one.

"He's one of the best men for the job so I'm certainly excited about working with (him) and it's always been my ambition to obviously play with the best players in the world and to work with the best coaches in the world as well and I've got that opportunity now."

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