Australia brought the best bench performance in the brief Joe Schmidt era as they completely flipped the script on two weeks earlier in a gallant loss to the All Blacks in Sydney.
Huge impacts from Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Langi Gleeson and Brandon Paenga-Amosa from the bench saw Australia finish three points off the All Blacks at 31-28 having trailled 21-0 and then 28-7 within the opening 25 minutes of the match.
The second half comeback after being down 28-14 at the break was a compete reversal on the 67-27 defeat in Argentina two weeks ago where Joe Schmidt’s team lost the second half 50-7.
“Obviously gutted not getting a result there, giving a 21-0 head start to All Blacks is always going to make it tough for us but super proud of the effort, the way we fought back there,” said Wallabies captain Harry Wilson.
Matt Faessler of the Australian Wallabies dives over to score a try during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe…
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