Returning hooker Stephen Moore says Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium has become the Wallabies' spiritual home and it's imperative they capitalise on starting their Tri-Nations series there on Saturday.

The former Lang Park isn't even the traditional or spiritual home of Queensland rugby, let alone its headquarters, but Australia's Test success there has been such that it's far and away the Wallabies' favourite ground.

They have lost just three of their 17 Tests at the 52,500-capacity Brisbane venue in the professional era, including a significant 5-0 record over the Springboks who return on Saturday.

With their only win in the 2009 Tri-Nations coming at Suncorp Stadium, an upset 21-6 triumph over South Africa, Moore believes there's no better place to start this year's tough campaign.

"You would say it's probably the Wallabies' spiritual home ground at the moment, a bit like Eden Park is for the All Blacks," he said.

"History would say we play pretty well here and I know all the boys like playing in front of a big home crowd and Queensland really gets behind its sport in general and rugby as we've seen with the Reds' resurgence.

"It's a great ground to play rugby at full stop. You could compare it with any of the grounds around the world and it's right up there."

New Zealand's opening two bonus-point victories at home over the Springboks has reduced them to overwhelming $1.17 favourites for the title.

They have also underlined to Australia the importance of winning against South Africa and then following up against the All Blacks in Melbourne on Saturday week.

"The All Blacks have got two wins on the board and 10 points and it's a great way to start," Moore said on Monday.

"We've got the same opportunity now with one game in Brisbane and one in Melbourne to get off to that kind of start and it's absolutely vital."

Not only do the Springboks struggle in Brisbane, where they haven't won since the 1970s, so too do South Africa's best Super 14 sides with both 2010 finalists the Bulls (19-12) and Stormers (16-13) losing to Queensland at Suncorp Stadium.

Springboks coach Peter de Villiers was at a loss to explain the failures but said they would do their best to shut out the distractions of the week.

Moore, who declared himself right to return from a fractured jaw in the starting side along with fellow front-rower Benn Robinson, is braced for a Bok backlash after they succumbed to the "red hot" Kiwis.

The 46-Test rake predicted the visitors would look to shelve their high-kicking, field-position game in favour of a more creative ball-in-hand game.

"I thought in the second half the other night they tried to attack a lot more and throw the ball around a lot more and kicked a lot less so that could be a hint as to how they play this weekend," he said.

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