This time, it would be bright White, not a sea of black, that ruled the Bledisloe battleground.
Nic White was the hero in a tale of two halfbacks that has kept the Bledisloe Cup alive following the Wallabies' stirring 27-19 over the All Blacks at ANZ Stadium.
The Brumbies No. 9 landed two telling blows in the second half to give the Wallabies their first win over the All Blacks since 2011 and secure the Rugby Championship in front of 73,824 fans, who are buying into Australia's Cheika-lution with vigour. 
On a night where starting halfback Nick Phipps endured an evening to forget, spraying passes before getting a yellow card after 54 minutes, White grabbed his opportunity with open arms when he arrived in the 65th minute.
He immediately landed a booming penalty goal before scoring the winning try as the Wallabies made it three in a row and keep their hopes of retaining that most elusive piece of silverware next weekend amid the daunting surrounds of Eden Park.
When debutant Nehe Milne-Skudder scored the second of his tries deep in the second half it appeared the old masters Richie McCaw and Dan Carter would preside over yet another triumph in the trans-Tasman grudge match.
But a determined Wallaby outfit, re-energised and refocused under coach Michael Cheika, proved the masters of escape again. Just as they did against the Springboks a month ago, they finished over the top and fired a timely shot in this World Cup year.
It wasn't pretty by any stretch but none of them would care a lick. The lineout was a shambles at times, the handling was poor and there will be fresh questions over nine and 10, with the Wallabies looking a far better outfit when Matt Toomua, replacement for Bernard Foley, took over at 10 and White at nine.
David Pocock was herculean at No. 8 and there were plenty of unsung heroes in the pack, with Michael Hooper, James Horwill and Scott Fardy all playing themselves to a standstill, while Sekope Kepu set the Wallabies in motion with his maiden Test try.
The bench again delivered and Cheika and his team will stare down 13 years of history as they try to complete what has become the impossible in New Zealand, where the All Blacks are sure to rise after being stung by an uncharacteristically scrappy performance.
The Wallaby scrum was a rock and the selection of a pair of opensides had no impact, although Rob Simmons was badly missed in the lineout, which almost proved exceedingly costly several times.
But Cheika will love the way his team knuckled down and toughed it out when they could have folded up as the All Blacks made their run late in the contest.
Pocock was on song from the start. He had a pair of pilfers after five minutes but it wasn't an ideal beginning, with Kepu being marched for 10 minutes by referee Wayne Barnes for offside play.
The damage was only 3-0 during the danger period and it took 22 minutes for the Wallabies to earn their first penalty. A dominant scrum would do the trick and Matt Giteau, who had goal-kicking duties, levelled scores, only to see Carter once again edge his side ahead.
Hooper's stop on Julian Savea right on half-time was pivotal, as was Aaron Smith's sin-binning at the start of the second for a high shot on Adam Ashley-Cooper, who was groggy but able to continue.
Milner-Skudder's try at the 56-minute mark made it 14-10 to the visitors but the Wallabies held their nerve, with Toomua's pin-point grubber setting up Ashley-Cooper in the corner.
A second to the young All Blacks winger made it 19-19 with 10 minutes to play before White, spotting the gap, threw a huge dummy and pounced to slice through and give the Wallabies a memorable victory.
It was Richie McCaw's 141st Test cap, equalling the record of Ireland's champion centre Brian O'Driscoll.
But on a rare night, he left a contest against the Wallabies with a loss against his name and facing a backs-to-the-wall assignment on home soil.