Schmidt has prioritised a domestic-based squad and will welcome back second-rowers Nick Frost and Jeremy Williams back for the two Tests against the Pumas.

“I think Nick Frost and Jeremy Williams are both back from injury,” Schmidt said. “They’re both going to be available, which is great.

“Nick Frost, certainly the games I’ve watched and the games I’ve coached against Nick, that was certainly his best game for the Wallabies last week [in Brisbane], I thought he was outstanding. He’s a big, athletic man, very good in the lineout, and probably the most physical that I’ve seen him play.

“So there’s a couple of those guys [to] come back. Taniela [Tupou] comes back. But we’re going to have to reassess a couple of other guys.”

Schmidt was again hit by a string of injuries to his front-rowers in Perth, losing captain Allan Alaalatoa and James Slipper to concussion protocols, Angus Bell to a deep cut above his eye and hooker Josh Nasser to severe cramping.

Bell returned to the Wallabies line-up after having surgery to reshape his foot due to a toe injury sustained in April playing for the Waratahs. Schmidt confirmed the prop’s foot had held up on the sodden pitch at Optus Stadium and there was no aggravation of his previous injury.

After centre Hunter Paisami left the field with a leg injury after just 47 minutes, 19-year-old Max Jorgensen ran on for a long-awaited Wallabies debut. The Waratahs fullback suffered a broken leg in training before the World Cup and did not play a game.

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Jorgensen had an opportunity to score after Tom Wright’s cross-field landed perfectly in his arms on the right wing, before his chip kick was blocked by onrushing Springboks five-eighth Sascha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

“It’s a dream come true,” Jorgensen said. “From [injury] last year in the World Cup, it was obviously devastating, but to get my shot again tonight, to finally put on the green and gold, it feels amazing.”

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