As Wales spent time living up in the Swiss Alps, Australia were merely waking up to the size of the mountain facing them ahead of the World Cup in France.
While Warren Gatland puts his side through their paces at a two-week training camp in Fiesch, Eddie Jones' second spell with the Wallabies suffered a false start in Pretoria.
His first game back in charge of Australia saw his side suffer a one-sided hammering in Pretoria. The 43-12 defeat to the Springboks has already been described as a "s**t show" by one Australian media outlet.