Du Plessis gets nod to face Wallabies

Jannie du Plessis will make his South Africa debut against Australia on Saturday in the Tri-Nations encounter in Sydney.

The highly-rated 24-year-old Cheetahs prop, who is also a doctor in a Bloemfontein hospital, was included in coach Jake White’s starting XV after Cobus Visagie suffered an elbow injury during training on Tuesday.