Australia scraped past Fiji 21-18 in a performance that suggests the British and Irish Lions have little to fear heading into their Test series.
It took a try by Harry Wilson in the 78th minute that was converted by Ben Donaldson to rescue the Wallabies from the prospect of an embarrassing defeat in their only match before taking on Andy Farrell's tourists.
Fiji trailed 14-0 but scored a stunning try through Salesi Rayasi on the cusp of half-time and they emerged a different side after the break, with Lekima Tagitagivalu touching down in the 55th minute.
Controversy reigned when the Islanders appeared to cross through Sireli Maqala only for play to be called back because Australia's Harry Potter had put a foot in touch earlier in the passage of play.
A Caleb Muntz penalty propelled Fiji 18-14 ahead but in the closing stages back-row forward Wilson forced his way over to spare the Wallabies' blushes.
Adding to Australia's issues is a possible concussion sustained by fly-half Noah Lolesio, who was taken from the field on a medical cart with 20 minutes to go, making him a doubt for the first Test against the Lions on July 19.
Head coach Joe Schmidt is hopeful Lolesio will only be a short-term absentee after providing a positive update on the 25-year-old playmaker.
"The first question Noah asked me was did we win? He was still very much focused on the game and he appeared to be in good shape. That's the most important thing," Schmidt said.
"It was whiplash and his head hit the ground. I'm hopeful that that will be something that resolves itself reasonably quickly. But we won't take any risks that we don't need to."
Schmidt admitted Australia's performance will only have reinforced the Lions' status as favourites to win the series.
"We didn't play well enough for people to have the expectation that we're going to come bowling into Brisbane and knock the Lions over. I'm not sure that expectation was there before Fiji," Schmidt said.
"There's not real confidence, but there's a quiet resolve. And that quiet resolve, hopefully over the three-match series, can build to something that will earn us the support of a very interested group.
"We haven't been together for six months. To have five trainings and to be seamless would be an expectation that I hoped for rather than immediately believed would happen. Now we have another short runway to improve on where we were against Fiji."
