The wounded Wallabies are "burning" after their Twickenham calamity and would love to extinguish that feeling by landing another crack at England on their home turf before the month is out.
Fraser McReight was left reflecting with frustration that his 50th Test should end with Australia copping a record tally of points, 45, against their old rivals at the weekend.
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It's possible it will be the last clash between the teams until the projected World Cup quarter-final collision in Sydney next October, giving Maro Itoje's side all the momentum the captain wanted after noting how much he'd like Australia to feel England had their number.
But under the format for the new "northern hemisphere v southern hemisphere'' Nations Championship battles, there's still a possibility the two teams will meet again, back at Twickenham, on November 27.
That's because both could yet finish third in their respective groups. Australia are favourites for that spot behind South Africa and New Zealand, while either England or Ireland, currently tied on points behind France, are fancied to tussle for second and third in the northern group.
"Their maul did look strong. They got us with a few last year, and they got us again on Sunday," noted John Eales Medal winner McReight of England's formidable rolling weapon up front.
"For us, we've got to hang a lot better there. And, hopefully, if we do these things right, we'll get a chance to play them again in that final weekend."
Prop Allan Alaalatoa, the distinguished tighthead who could potentially win his 100th cap in finals weekend, explained just how keen the team were to hit back after being given a lesson by England.
"The feeling's not great in the change rooms obviously because of the loss. It's like the boys are burning," he said.
"We thought we'd put in a good couple of weeks since Bled Two (the second-straight Bledisloe Cup defeat to New Zealand) and it was tough to come away with a loss like that.
"But that feeling needed to be there, though, for us to be able to show up back at training and understand how we can move forward in a positive way."
Scotland await on Sunday, determined to make it eight European defeats in a row for Les Kiss's outfit.
"It's a real test, for sure. Scotland and Murrayfield is always a massive game. The boys will be keen for it for sure,'' Alaalatoa said.
"We were probably playing too much in the wrong areas of the field against England, didn't exit well enough (from our own half), especially in the first half.
"Our focus is on understanding how we can exert our own game on the opposition, because once we get that going, we're a really, really good side.
"We need to be clearer on how we can use our attack in the better areas of the field, so that we can get our strong ball carriers in the games."
