Their travel plans were thrown into chaos when their flight from Johannesburg to Sydney was cancelled on Thursday night but they departed for Australia on Friday, forcing coaches and conditioning staff to change the training programme.
The Boks play their first of two Tests against the Wallabies at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday followed by the second match in Sydney on September 3, before turning their attention to two more matches against Argentina next month in Buenos Aires and Durban. “The players rested well on the plane and everyone is excited to be in Australia and looking forward to our two Tests against the Wallabies,” said Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber.