Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt was breathing a little easier than he was during the game after a last-minute winner delivered them a 21-18 victory over Fiji in Newcastle.
Skipper Harry Wilson was the hero, spinning and diving his way to the line for the try in the last two minutes.
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It was a performance that saw multiple tries disallowed for the hosts, while they had to weather a fierce Fijian comeback that put them ahead from the 55th minute.
Fiji had their own try disallowed after Harry Potter was ruled in touch before a turnover, with the Aussies rallying for the win.
“Some of it was frustration and some of it was relief to find ourselves in that situation after we built a nice lead early in the game,” Schmidt said on what he felt at full-time.
“I felt we got a bit loose and they've got some fantastic broken field runners but that was no surprise to us because we knew they had them and we knew we'd have to be better connected than we were.
“It was certainly a relief when Harry got over and dotted it down.”
The Wallabies had a mountain of field position and opportunities chalked off either due to forward passes or lineout infringements.
“We missed a few opportunities to really put scoreboard pressure on them,” Schmidt laments.
“We’ve got to iron those out to be super accurate because if you don't nail your opportunities, you don't get to build their scoreboard pressure and as long as they believe there's a way for them because they're so athletic.
“…I didn't quite feel that we got reward for our scrum, I thought our scrum was really good. Didn't quite get that reward for the line-out as I mentioned but they're things that we'll be working really hard on.
“Obviously we got pulled back for two forward passes and that's a skill execution thing that I think we need to take responsibility for and be more accurate with because if you put those four things together you're already in a lot stronger position in terms of controlling the result at least.”
Schmidt was confident flyhalf Noah Lolesio had avoided any serious injury after he was carted off the field.
The playmaker suffered whiplash after he was brought down close to the line, leaving him prone on the ground for several minutes.
“Noah’s first question he asked me was ‘did we win’ so he was still focused on the game but appeared to be in good shape,” he added.
Hooker Dave Porecki also failed a HIA in the first half, with the two week build into the first British & Irish Lions Test enough time for the Waratah to be fit.
After that result, Schmidt understands they will be underdogs heading to Suncorp Stadium, looking to build the faith.
“We didn't play well enough today for people to have the expectation that we're going to come bowling into Brisbane and knock the Lions over. I'm not sure that expectation was there before today,” he added.
“We're just going to have to build that quiet resolve that inch by inch we can work our way toward that.”
