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Australia is now 0-2 under Eddie Jones 2.0 after slumping to an upset 34-31 loss against Michael Cheika's Argentina in Parramatta.\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n "In 10 days we could be a completely different team and that is the aim," Jones said ahead of the clash with the red hot All Blacks, 2-0 in the Rugby Championship after beating the Pumas in Mendoza and the Springboks in Auckland.<\/p>\n Wallabies captain James Slipper was keeping it \ufeffreal after Australia lost consecutive games against Argentina for the first time.<\/p>\n AS IT HAPPENED:<\/strong> Pumas stun Wallabies in thriller, All Blacks outclass Springboks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Vintage' All Blacks beat Springboks to continue Auckland hoodoo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n LIVE COVERAGE:<\/strong> \ufeffVondrousova, Jabeur square off in women's Wimbledon final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "Performances like that, we won't go far at the World Cup," Slipper said.<\/p>\n But Wallabies legend Tim Horan could see light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n "As Eddie mentioned, there are four or five players like Quade Cooper coming back, Rob Leota, Angus Bell came back tonight," Horan said.<\/p>\n "They are key players and of course you look at others who have played for Australia A, like Taniela Tupou. I think they are going along the road and they are not far off.<\/p>\n "But big test is the All Blacks."<\/p>\n All Blacks coach Ian Foster was understandably delighted by Saturday's 35-20 victory over the world champion Springboks.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulcullystuff\/status\/1680185918148472833?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "Just the way we climbed through some ebbs and flows in the game," Foster said.<\/p>\n "They're a quality team and we obviously stung them at the start with the tempo we were able to play. I thought our desire to play on top of them early was there and we got good reward for it.<\/p>\n "But they came back. We've spoken before about defending leads, and they had a lot of experience on their bench in that third quarter. But I thought we rowed through that, so it's a good step for us."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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