The fight felt evenly matched, with both combatants getting good shots and combos in throughout. But Du Plessis turned the tide suddenly.
He landed a vicious left to Adesanya's head, and shortly after followed it up with three strong rights to the head. He pulled Adesanya down and locked in a rear-naked choke. Adesanya tapped, giving Du Plessis the submission win at 3:38 of the fourth.
It was not pretty in the rain and muddy conditions but ugly wins are also wins and the so-called ‘second stringers’ got the job done, with the help of the impressive Bomb Squad in the second half.
The Springboks didn’t have the perfect start as they dropped the ball from the kick-off in the rain.
The Wallabies had a strong scrum and launched their attack, followed by a penalty afforded them in front of the Springboks’ poles.
Noah Lolesio knocked it over and the home side took an early lead.
Johan Grobbelaar’s first throw in the line-out was hopelessly overthrown and things seemed to start shaky for the Boks.
The second line-out was also not ideal and Ruan Nortje had to rescue it.
20 August 2024 – Bafana Bafana
coach Hugo Broos has named a 38-member preliminary squad for next month’s 2025
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Uganda and South Sudan.
Broos’ charges open their AFCON
account when they face Uganda at home at Orlando Stadium on Friday, 06
September 2024 (6pm), and then they travel to South Sudan to play their second
match in the group on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The final 23-member squad
will be announced in the next few days.
