Michael Hooper of Australia is tackled by Peter Horne of Scotland. Photo / Getty Images
After admitting they carried a hangover from the Pool of Death into the knockout stages, the Wallabies are determined to cut all ties with their near-terminal slip-up against Scotland.
Australia escaped with a controversial one-point victory to sneak into the semifinals, where they face a vastly improved Argentina at Twickenham
on Monday. But there's no danger of any memories of the fortunate escape sneaking into camp this week - even if it is seemingly hard to avoid and has dominated back pages since the 35-34 victory.
"It's irrelevant. We are still here," explains feisty halfback Will Genia. "We won the game, we're still here, we have another week to prepare.
"People can say what they want, we are just concentrating on Argentina. They can forget about it or talk about it all they want.
"We have forgotten about it. It doesn't matter. It is irrelevant." The "peripheral chat", as Genia and coach Michael Cheika call it, has been unavoidable in the fallout from the Scotland game.
