John Eales can pinpoint the moment the penny dropped for this Wallabies crop, and reckons Australian rugby's "skill revolution" will ensure their mounting injury toll doesn't spoil the momentum.
A battle-scarred Australia will face Argentina in Townsville next Saturday, their first Test since a historic 1-1 South African leg that offered genuine hope of the side's first Rugby Championship title in a decade.
Victory in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, Australia's first in 62 years, was something not even former Test skipper and two-time World Cup winner Eales and his star-studded team achieved.