Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,
If Jorgo don’t get’em,
Suaalii must!

What a match.

In the heat of Townsville, the Wallabies were up against a rampant Argentina side that was good enough to beat the All Blacks last month.

From the first, the visitors proved that result was no fluke. After two successful penalties early to the Pumas, a subsequent Wallaby try scored by halfback Nic White put the home team up 7-6. But it never remotely felt like the Wallabies were in control.

So it proved, for as the match went on, it was beyond question: Argentina has well and truly arrived on the international rugby stage as serious global contenders. They are robust and skilled in the forwards, and slick and dangerous in the backs, as witnessed by the two fabulous tries they put together before half-time totake a 21-7 lead.

Could the Wallabies come back from here? They had, after all, put on 38 points against the Springboks just three weeks ago. They had to be a........

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