Matt Giteau says he's never struck the ball better and it's hard to disagree.

The Wallabies five-eighth has landed 25 of his 29 attempts at goal this season.

Given the job ahead of skipper Stirling Mortlock by new coach Robbie Deans, Giteau's radar has been spot-on, another factor fuelling comparisons with champion All Blacks No.10 Dan Carter, who uncharacteristically missed five shots at goal in New Zealand's 19-0 win over South Africa last Saturday.

"I think you just have those games where you feel like you're hitting the ball well," Giteau said.

"At the moment I feel like I'm striking the ball as good as I have ever have.

"Stats are irrelevant. The biggest thing is if the team's going well then I'm happy.

"It's just one of the jobs and it's something that I look forward to."

Giteau said his 86 per cent success rate hadn't been the result of extra practice.

"I haven't changed a real lot. Maybe I just had easier shots, that's all it was, they've just been closer to the posts," he said.

Deans has been impressed with Giteau's ability to keep the scoreboard ticking over in Australia's five wins from six Tests this season.

"If you can strike while the iron is hot, if you can take advantage of field position and pressure and momentum then the game does have a fair amount of chemistry to it," the coach said.

Meanwhile, a super-confident Giteau has declared the Wallabies free of any mental scars from their inability to win a Test match in South Africa in eight years.

Mortlock is the only member of the Australian squad who has tasted victory in the Republic, in Durban in 2000.

Asked if there was a psychological factor heading into Saturday's ABSA Stadium Test, Giteau said: "No, not psychological, I don't think it is at all.

"(South Africa have) lifted another gear.

"I think the Tri-Nations shows how tough it is to win away from home. Obviously South Africa did it in New Zealand which was a huge effort.

"It's just the way this competition is, your home games are the ones that you really want to win and you really have to win.

"It's not something that we've spoken about too much, I suppose the history, it's more just this year.

"We've been given our opportunities now, we've got two games over here so we'd like to win both of them."

He said Saturday's result at Newlands was irrelevant to how the Wallabies were feeling.

"Whether the Springboks won or lost we'd still go into the game with a bit of confidence," he said.

"We've got a lot of confidence within our group and within the players that we've got here so it doesn't matter which side we're playing against or the results that have happened previously.

"We know this game's going to be a tough game against the Springboks, we're not taking it lightly but within our squad we're confident in our own abilities."

Giteau's team-mate George Smith was less willing to elaborate on Australia's poor record in the rainbow nation.

Asked if he knew why it was, he said with a glare: "Um, no. No."

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