Argentina stun error-prone Wallabies with late try

Juan Martin Gonzalez scored a late winner as Argentina stunned Australia 34-31 in the Rugby Championship to leave the Wallabies in disarray and without a win two games into the second Eddie Jones era.

Australia had scored two quick tries late in the game to overturn a 10-point deficit and take a 31-27 lead with five minutes remaining but the Pumas loose forward dived over a ruck on the Wallabies line to secure a famous victory.

Cheered on by a small but noisy band of their compatriots at the same Parramatta Stadium where they first beat the All Blacks in 2020, the Pumas secured only a third win over the Wallabies on Australian soil.

Samu Kerevi, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Len Ikitau and Nic White scored Australia's tries, while Jeronimo de la Fuente, skipper Julian Montoya and Mateo Carreras also crossed for the Pumas.

Both teams suffered heavy losses in their opening matches of the truncated championship last week and Argentina will need an unlikely sequence of results in the third and final round to secure a maiden title. "I am very proud of the fight we showed, we worked really hard and bounced back," said Montoya. "We know the game is not going to be perfect ... still a lot things to improve. We need to enjoy the win."

The win will be particularly sweet for Argentina coach Michael Cheika, who lost all seven tests when he was in charge of Australia and Jones of England.

Jones returned as coach in January this year after being sacked by England but his assertion that Australia can win a third World Cup in October now looks highly optimistic after last week's thrashing by the Springboks and now a second loss.

It had looked like being a dream night for Australia when Nawaqanitawase intercepted a pass close to his own line with five