Wallabies prop James Slipper has escaped rugby’s version of the nervous 90s after scoring a long-awaited Test try during the Rugby World Cup win over Uruguay.

Slipper was mobbed by teammates after bashing over in the second half of the 45-10 win in Oita, having bagged a first five-pointer in his 94th Test on Saturday.

The 29-year-old had long wondered if the day would ever come.

The banter among the Wallabies had intensified as he neared 100 Tests without troubling the scorers.

“I’m more relieved, to be honest. When you’re in the 90s and haven’t scored a try… it’s been a running joke for a couple of years that I’m pretty much the only one that hasn’t scored,” Slipper said.

“Obviously the more games you play, the pressure keeps mounting. It was good to get that one out of the way.”

Before scoring, it had been shaping as a typical Test on the try front for Slipper, who could only watch on with envy as teenage debut winger Jordan Petaia darted across in the first half.

“I was like, ‘mate, he’s 19, scored a try in 20 minutes’, and I’ve been slogging for 10 years.

“Hopefully the floodgates open now. I don’t think they will.”

The world record for Tests without a try is the 108 reached by All Blacks prop Owen Franks.