Australians honour 1984 hero Slack
The Queensland centre played 39 tests for Australia between 1977 and 1987, captaining the side on 19 occasions including the all-conquering 1984 team that swept England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Australia's bid for a second grand slam sweep last year was dashed by a 9-8 defeat to Scotland and a 20-20 draw against Ireland.
Meanwhile, South Africa's second row troubles deepened yesterday when lock Andries Bekker was ruled out of this weekend's Tri-Nations clash with Australia because of a back injury. Bekker suffered an acute disc injury in the world champions' 31-17 defeat by New Zealand and will miss Saturday's match against the Wallabies in Brisbane.
"It is a setback but we will have to deal with it," said South African coach Peter de Villiers.