Fans wanting more tries in Test rugby have an ally in Wallabies’ goalkicking maestro Mike Harris, who is hoping experimental laws in Saturday’s (Sunday AEDT) Test against France will help open the game up.

The rule change of particular interest to backlines is at the breakdown where an attacking side will have five seconds to use the ball or lose it.

Robbie Deans’ team has been widely criticised for their lack of tries with the Australians scoring just 12 five-pointers in 11 Tests this year.

Their past outing, a tryless 18-18 draw with the All Blacks, developed into a virtual goalkicking competition between New Zealand’s Dan Carter and Harris.

But Harris said he and the rest of the Wallabies’ backline are hoping to find plenty of space at Stade de France for the European tour opener.

“Test rugby is lacking in a few tries these days, so that’d be nice to score a few here,” Harris said.

“Defences are pretty strong these days and if there’s anything to help the attacking team, then that’s exciting and good for the game of rugby.

“The intention of the five-second ‘use it’ call is to speed up the game. It’s going to be interesting to see how it goes.

“Conditions permitting, it’s a bit colder here and there’ll be a bit of dew on the grass but, when we get the opportunity, we’d definitely like to attack and really have a go.

“We’ve come up with a few different backs moves that we’re going to try.”

Harris is also hoping a fired up and physical French side might leave a few holes in their defensive line as they look to put the Wallabies under pressure.

“With a defensive system, for every strength there is a weakness. If you’re going to take really fast line speed and try and shut teams down, then there’s going to be opportunities to get stepped and broken through,” he said.

Another of the law changes being used in Tests for the first time comes at scrums with the dreaded “crouch, touch, pause, engage” call replaced with “crouch, touch, set”, while a change has also been made on quick lineouts.

A player can throw the ball in anywhere between the line of touch and the player’s goalline, and the lineout.

The French have been playing under these laws for several months in the Top 14 competition.