Wales have named an unchanged starting line-up for the third and final test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday (6:00am).
Newport Gwent Dragons blindside flanker Danny Lydiate is once again named as Wales seek to end the series on a high following last week’s last kick loss to the Wallabies.
We know what we have to do to beat Australia, but there is a difference between knowing how to win and achieving that aim," said Howley.
"This Wales team was within around 30 seconds of beating the Wallabies on their home patch for the first time in 43 years.
"The challenge now is to go one better than that and make sure we are ahead on the scoreboard, not just when the hooter goes but when the game finishes this weekend.
"The players can take some credit for the way they played for the large part of the match on Saturday, but that will be scant consolation if we don't come home with a win in this series.
"We have risen to our highest position [fourth] in the IRB World Rankings because of our performances so far this season, which can have positive repercussions for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
"But now we want to stay there and that means coming away with the spoils on Saturday afternoon."
The game will be shown live on Sky Sports and Rodney Parade Clubhouse will be open from 5:30am to show the game on the big screen.
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny (Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Ashley Beck (Ospreys), George North (Scarlets); Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne); Gethin Jenkins (Toulon), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues, capt), Ryan Jones (Ospreys).
Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Paul James (Ospreys), Luke Charteris (Perpignan), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), James Hook (Perpignan), Scott Williams (Scarlets).
