A Winning Start, But at What Cost? The Wallabies' 35 32 victory over Japan was a grueling one, with new coach Les Kiss earning his first win since taking over from Joe Schmidt last month.
The narrow margin of success belies the challenges they faced in Tokyo on Saturday.
Kiss's tenure as head coach began with an unimpressive record in the Nations Championship, where Australia managed only a single victory against Italy amidst losses to Ireland and France.