Eddie Jones charged up to beat Boks at Loftus for first time: '100 percent committed to winning'

Upbeat Wallabies coach Eddie Jones on Friday said he intends to kick off his reign by creating history against world champions South Africa in Pretoria in a week's time, with a winning mentality key to his new-look Australia.

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The former England coach took over when Dave Rennie was axed in January and has been putting the players through their paces since, whittling them down to a squad he hopes can cause damage at the September-October World Cup in France.

A key task has been instilling the will to win, which will be put to the test for the first time in the Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on July 8 - a venue where Australia has never tasted victory over seven games stretching back to 1963.

"Yeah, 100 percent," he said on whether he was aware of the Pretoria drought. "We've spoken about it since April, it's an opportunity to create history here and we want to be the first team that does it.

"First you have to think you can win. The most important thing is that's the mindset you've got to be in," added Jones, who is in his second stint as Wallabies coach.

"You've got to be thinking that and we're 100 percent committed to winning and then you've got to execute a game plan where you win enough possession that you can push them to the other end of the field and keep them under pressure."

1963: SA 14-3 Australia

1997: SA 61-22 Australia

2001: SA 20-15 Australia

2005: SA 22-16 Australia

2010: SA 44-31 Australia

2012: SA 31-8 Australia

2016: SA 18-10 Australia

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Asked if that would involve a kicking strategy, Jones