Eddie came, he saw, he conquered.
England have pulled off arguably its most famous series win abroad and their first on Australian soil with gritty 23-7 win in Melbourne.
Leading Japan to victory over South Africa at the World Cup was sweet, but bulldozing the Wallabies in their own backyard in a series they were not expected to win may just be the crown jewel in Eddie Jones' coaching resume.
If his grin was big in Brisbane, it was twice as profound after a miraculous defensive masterclass. 
Australia had 72 per cent of possession and 76 per cent of territory in the second half - more than enough to win a game of Test footy.
Down by six points with 25 minutes remaining, Bernard Foley was opting to kick for touch and even though Australia constantly threatened England's line, they lacked the polish to finish the work of their valiant forwards.
Their decision to not take penalties on offer may come back to haunt them like the ghost of coach Jones on a famous tour Down Under.
Australia have lost the series and remarkably looked like scoring more tries than the old enemy, save for an Owen Farrell try in the 75th minute to clinch victory.
Australia's scrum improved - as were Dan Cole's tactics - but their ascendancy at the World Cup over England has evaporated.
The ARU and AAMI Park gave multiple assurances the surface would be up to scratch for its maiden Test match, but when the opening scrum of the evening saw turf being displaced like a group of weekend hackers at the local golf club, it pleased few players.
Except Michael Hooper, who decided to impart his own type of niggle by tossing loose clumps of earth at Mako Vunipola in a scrum.
It impacted scrums and even Dane Haylett-Petty tripped over a divot. If Bill Pulver's words were anything to go by, the record crowd of 29,871 will never be beaten for the ground may never host another international game.
Fresh off a meeting with both coaches on Friday, South African referee Craig Joubert took just 33 seconds to reach for whistle, this time in favour of the Australians for an England player not rolling away.
Getting in the good books of the referee is imperative, but Cheika was livid when Joubert pinned prop Sekope Kepu for shoving Maro Itoje for no apparent reason before the opening lineout. For a team who had been roused on for their discipline, the Wallabies still have work to do as they lost the penalty count for the second weekend in a row (10-9).
There was just as much, if not more, pent-up anger from both sides. An all-in stink ensued after Wallabies captain Stephen Moore came to the defence of a battered Nick Phipps at the bottom of a ruck.
Australia had the penalty but Joubert reversed the decision.
As players jogged off at half-time Dean Mumm had to separate Phipps and Farrell from trying to land one on each other's chin. Australia was not going to sit back and take it for a second week in a row.
In classic northern hemisphere style, England drew first blood with a powerful rolling maul in which inspirational leader Dylan Hartley found himself at the bottom of with ball in hand.
From one captain to the other, Moore made the most of some multi-phase play from the Wallabies, orchestrating a rolling maul get the hosts back within three points at the main break, despite a energy-sapping 20-plus phase effort in the shadows of half-time.
Sean McMahon's return into the Wallabies starting XV was punctuated with the good and bad, as David Pocock's over-the-ball work was sorely missed throughout.
Sydney is no stranger to dead rubbers given it hosts the last Test of the cricket summer there, but a dead rubber in winter? Against England? Believe it.
England 23 (Owen Farrell, Dylan Hartley tries Farrell 2 cons 3 pens) bt Australia 7 (Stephen Moore try Bernard Foley con) at AAMI Park. Referee: Craig Joubert. Crowd: 29,871.