{"id":75062,"date":"2025-08-17T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75062\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:01:08","slug":"wallabies-pay-costly-price-after-rugby-championship-win-over-the-boks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75062\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies pay costly price after Rugby Championship win over the Boks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday\u2019s epic Rugby Championship triumph over the Springboks has proved costly for the Wallabies as they have lost the services of Dylan Pietsch and James Slipper to injury ahead of next weekend\u2019s rematch in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Australia claimed a shock 38-22 bonus-point victory over the world champions in the tournament opener in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

That result was a significant one as it was their first triumph in South Africa in 12 years and a first win at Ellis Park since 1963.<\/p>\n

Superb comeback win<\/p>\n

What made Australia<\/a>\u2018s victory extra special was that they fought back after trailing South Africa<\/a> 22-0.<\/p>\n

Winger Pietsch<\/a> started the visitors\u2019 comeback when he crossed for a try on the half-hour mark but he was forced off the field shortly afterwards after suffering a broken jaw, following a brutal collision with Springboks skipper Siya Kolisi.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, loosehead prop Slipper<\/a> reported concussion symptoms post-match and did not pass his HIA.<\/p>\n

The duo are returning to Australia and will be joined by Ben Donaldson, who missed the clash against South Africa after sustaining an abductor strain at training.<\/p>\n

Filipo Daugunu, Rhys van Nek and Hamish Stewart will fly to South Africa as cover ahead of Saturday\u2019s clash with the Boks in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Opinion: Some might say Wallabies\u2019 brighter day at Ellis Park means Andy Farrell and Lions can look back with pleasure<\/a><\/p>\n

Pietsch and Slipper\u2019s injuries mean Aidan Ross and Corey Toole could get opportunities to make their debuts for the Wallabies in the upcoming encounter.<\/p>\n

Former All Black Ross, who joined the Wallabies squad ahead of the third British & Irish Lions Test in Sydney, will be competing for a spot in the matchday squad with Tom Robertson, who can cover both sides of the scrum.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Toole is one of several options to take Pietsch\u2019s spot on the wing, along with Daugunu and Josh Flook, or Wallabies boss Joe Schmidt could opt to elevate Andrew Kellaway to the run-on side.<\/p>\n

Good news on Harry Wilson injury<\/p>\n

Despite losing Pietsch and Slipper, there was good news on skipper Harry Wilson who is pushing to be fit after injuring his knee.<\/p>\n

Wilson sustained the injury while scoring a try midway through the second half and headed for scans.<\/p>\n

After the match Schmidt confirmed that the number eight was moving around unassisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a bit more comfortable now,\u201d said the head coach. \u201cI think he got a little bit of a wobble on it, but he\u2019s feeling a little bit more comfortable now. We live and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other positive news, Rob Valetini also has a good chance of returning to action as he recovers from a calf issue that has kept him on the sidelines for the past two matches.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Six-try Australia produce remarkable comeback to beat South Africa and win at Ellis Park for first time since 1963<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday\u2019s epic Rugby Championship triumph over the Springboks has proved costly for the Wallabies as they have lost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,1182,44,760,17140,1183,85],"class_list":["post-75062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-news","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-championship","tag-south-africa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}