Late try gives Argentina away victory over Australia in Rugby Championship clash

As the scoreline suggests, this was a tightly contested affair and the result was in the balance until the game's closing stages.

The Wallabies thought they had won the match when Mark Nawaqanitawase scored a runaway try in the 75th minute but Los Pumas did not surrender and clinched their victory when Juan Martin Gonzalez crossed for the match-winning try in the game's dying moments.

Both sides ran in four tries in a thrilling arm-wrestle, with a single penalty making the difference in the end.

The home side streaked into a 10-0 lead at the Parramatta Stadium, but Los Pumas won the next 17 points to take control and held their nerve to finish in style for a confidence-boosting victory ahead of the World Cup.

The victory eased pressure on Argentina coach Michael Cheika after they slumped to a 41-12 loss to New Zealand in the competition's opener, and left the Wallabies in disarray after they fell to a defeat against the Springboks last weekend.