Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has threatened to ring the changes on the back of Saturday’s defeat to New Zealand – warning that no player is undroppable.Bidding to claim a first-ever victory over the All Blacks, Scotland were crushed 43-21 in the Nations Championship clash at Murrayfield.New Zealand ran in seven tries in total in what was a dominant victory. Second best in every department, Scotland were fortunate that the margin of defeat was not even greater.Several of Scotland’s key players – Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu, Zander Fagerson, Jack Dempsey, Ben White, Kyle Steyn – were nowhere near their best.Now licking their wounds and seeking to regroup ahead of next Sunday’s clash with Australia, Townsend hinted that he could well make changes.Asked whether he feels minded to give players a chance to rectify things or drop some of them, he replied: ‘That’s the question, isn’t it?‘There are players who are disappointed with their own performances, but also the team’s performance as a whole. Gregor Townsend will consider ringing the changes for Scotland’s next game against Australia‘Yeah, I think so (it’s a balance between cohesion and accountability). You are always striving for cohesion. We’ve certainly had cohesion recently. But we weren’t good enough at the weekend. We were too inaccurate and our discipline also wasn’t good enough.‘We will obviously weigh up the fact it’s the first Test match of the season. How much of that was a lack of cohesion and how much would the same group benefit from going again next week?‘But then you’ve got people that have been training really well and are putting their hands up for selection. So, in terms of making changes, we will see.‘It’s an eight-day turnaround, so we have got an extra day’s recovery compared to Australia, and then we’re into a six-day turnaround against Japan.‘The New Zealand match reminded me again of how brutal Test match rugby can be. It’s like you can actually hear the hits.‘To get the same 15 all four weeks in a row is going to be very tough. So players will get opportunities. It’s just whether it happens next week, we’ll wait and see.’Townsend was visibly frustrated at times as he watched his team commit basic errors which were duly punished by the dominant All Blacks.‘As players and coaches, we know we are capable of better than that,’ continued Townsend. ‘We didn’t deliver our best performance against New Zealand, that was clear.‘We do have a lot of depth in our squad at the moment. Every time you play for Scotland and you wear that jersey, you have to deliver. Beauden Barrett crosses for New Zealand’s fourth try in what turned into a routine victory‘A lot of players didn’t deliver their best against New Zealand. Will they get another chance to go again next week? That’s a decision we’ll have to look at over the next few days.‘No player is undroppable. Everyone knows that. It is a massive privilege to play for your country. But it’s also a professional sport. We need to pick the team we believe can win the match against Australia.‘A lot of the guys who played against New Zealand have also been part of some big victories for us in the past. That will be taken into account.’Russell spoke recently about his own form with Bath and the fact that he hasn’t quite been at his best in the early part of the new season.The Scotland playmaker had a couple of decent moments on Saturday where he fed some neat passes to Huw Jones but certainly wasn’t anywhere near his best.Asked specifically about Russell, Townsend replied: ‘I actually think Finn has been fine for Bath over the first few weeks of the season, but it wasn’t his best game against New Zealand. He will know that himself.‘He will be disappointed and he will definitely want to put that right next week. He’s been very, very good for us over a long period. He will want to show that against Australia.’If Scotland are to give themselves any chance of playing for something meaningful on finals weekend in the Nations Championship, Townsend admitted the Wallabies clash is now must-win, before Japan also visit Murrayfield.He also warned that Scotland’s performance against the All Blacks on Saturday would not even be good enough to beat Australia. Australia crashed to a 45-22 defeat to England but Townsend insists they will be dangerous‘Yeah, it’s a game we need to win,’ he added. ‘Obviously we’ll get a game in the final weekend (come what may), but we want to win.‘We’re playing at home. We definitely want to be better than we showed against New Zealand. But if we want to finish in the top three, then we’ve clearly got to win our next two games.‘I think Australia have got some really good individuals who have come into their squad. I think it’s a healthier squad than when we played them a couple of years ago.‘It seems like they’ve got a lot of their top line players fit. They’re probably playing more rugby. When you think of Australia, they do play rugby and keep hold of the ball.‘They’ve had some Test match experience recently. They played the All Blacks twice, they’ve played South Africa, they’ve played Argentina, and now they’ve played England.‘They’ve been building cohesion, so yeah, we would expect a tough Test match for sure. Our performance against New Zealand wouldn’t be good enough to win against Australia, so we’re going to have to be better.’