MELBOURNE :Australia head into the Rugby Championship test against Argentina still marvelling at the great escape in Townsville while hoping to get the job done quicker in Sydney on Saturday.

With an Angus Bell try six minutes after the final hooter, the Wallabies' 28-24 win over the Pumas in tropical Queensland left them just one point shy of leading New Zealand and with a rare chance to push for the Southern Hemisphere trophy.

Home media dined out on the Wallabies' courage to go for a winning try, while coach Joe Schmidt said he would back his on-field leaders to go for broke again.

"The mindset was very much driven by the leaders on the field at the time," Schmidt told reporters on Thursday.

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