TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AP) — An embarrassing, record loss a year ago in Santa Fe inspired a resurgence in the Wallabies that will be only truly assessed in a rematch against Argentina on what is forecast to be a steamy Saturday afternoon in Australia's tropics.

“It hurts. It still stings,” Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt said of that 67-27 loss the last time the teams met in the Rugby Championship. “You never want to be beaten like that."

The Wallabies were coming off back-to-back home losses to South Africa and a narrow 20-19 win over the Pumas at La Plata before blowing a 20-3 lead at Santa Fe, Argentina last September and losing on a grand scale — the most points ever conceded in a test by Australia.

It's a vastly different scenario heading into the Townsville test.

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