After fearing he'd played his last Test, James O'Connor is being lauded for delivering maybe his best performance yet in a Wallabies gold jumper.
A record-breaking 17 years after debuting as a teenage utility in Padova, O'Connor pulled all the right strings as chief playmaker in Australia's extraordinary 38-22 comeback win over the world champion Springboks in Johannesburg.
Only drafted into the squad following injuries to preferred flyhalves Noah Lolesio, Tom Lynagh and Ben Donaldson, O'Connor played a starring role in the Wallabies' first win at Ellis Park since 1963.
