Cummins wants to stay at Force
Winger Nick Cummins is keen to stay at the Western Force, the place he now calls home, but at the moment his focus is on producing a better performance for the Wallabies against Argentina at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.
The self-styled flying "honey badger" has put the distraction of contract talks behind him but admitted there was a lure of playing in a Force back line that could include James O'Connor and others like newly signed Luke Morahan and rising star Kyle Godwin.
"Next year … could be any- where but I do like it at home here. It feels like home. I'll be interested to see what happens," Cummins said.
"Hopefully … few more blokes turning up and I think it will be very exciting.
"They are still talking about James O'Connor, Mozza (Morahan), all these boys are pretty fast and exciting players so good to run off the back of."
Cummins is off contract with the Super Rugby club in December and has had preliminary talks with the Force and the Australian Rugby Union who have both have tabled offers.
He hopes to finalise a deal in about a month when the Rugby Championship finishes and before the Wallabies' spring tour to Europe in November.
"It would be good so you get your head around what your future is," he said.
"Hopefully that is the case and I think it will be. I think it will be done and dusted by then and I'll be able to move on, set some new goals and get in the mix.
"I've been focused on the Wallabies at the moment, really getting as many games, as much experience and learning as much as I can. I'm enjoying it and I'll enjoy it a lot more once I put some better performances together."
Cummins had a mixed game in the 38-12 loss to South Africa. He dropped two balls, put a massive hit on Boks full-back Zane Kirchner and lost his footing after racing into space off a Quade Cooper short ball.
"I think I was too excited when I got out there. I was a little bit keen to get in there and do as much as I could before I actually caught the ball," he said.
"If I focus that energy I'll get better results.
"I'll learn from that and come in with a more focused mind."
He is confident the Wallabies will put on a better show against Argentina than they did in Brisbane.
"Our game plan does provide space but we went away from that plan. Once we stick to that and polish it off we'll get a lot more results," he said.
"Execution is what let us down, myself included. If we do execute our game plan properly we'll come away with results."
Flanker Michael Hooper said the Wallabies were expecting another brutal onslaught, especially at the breakdown.
"We were lucky that we played the Boks who were physical so I think that will translate well," Hooper said.
"It (the breakdown) was a bit of an area where we were beaten up convincingly. It's a bit of a wake-up call for us as a forward pack."
