Michael Cheika reckons Australia's stunning Salta comeback is proof his blueprint for next year's Rugby World Cup will work - provided his players are mentally strong enough to pull it off.
For weeks the Wallabies have been re-writing the record books for all the wrong reasons.
Now, after Sunday's (AEDT) 45-34 win over Argentina, they'll be proud they did.
Their epic 24-point comeback after halftime was the greatest ever seen in tier one rugby, let alone Australia or the Rugby Championship.
It came after an atrocious opening stanza in which the shell-shocked tourists conceded their biggest score in history against Los Pumas to teeter on the brink of catastrophe.
A halftime bake from an angry Cheika seemed to do the trick - their problematic defence suddenly stiffened and their misfiring attack somehow clicked as they ran in five tries and gave agitated supporters a glimpse of what the Wallabies are capable of.
The Wallabies' wait to reclaim the Bledisloe Cup will continue for another year after they failed to end their winless drought at Eden Park, falling to the All Blacks in heartbreaking fashion 33-24.
The Wallabies' Rugby Championship hopes have been brought crashing back down to earth as Argentina survived a late fightback from an ill-disciplined Australia side to claim a 28-26 victory.
The Wallabies have turned down three opportunities to kick a match-tying penalty and instead scored an 86th-minute winner in their latest Houdini Test act.
New Zealand scored two early tries and kept an error-prone South Africa at bay to win a rugged arm-wrestle 24-17 Saturday and stay top of the Rugby Championship.
