A last-gasp try by captain Harry Wilson has salvaged a dramatic 21-18 win for Australia on Sunday in its international season-opener against Fiji.

The Wallabies have shown they have a mountain to climb to match the British and Irish Lions after clawing their way to an ugly 21-18 victory over Fiji in Newcastle.

At a sun-soaked MacDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle, where the temperature hit 20°C, Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies were seriously ...