{"id":100797,"date":"2015-09-26T20:36:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100797\/pietersen-leads-boks-to-victory-with-hat-trick\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T02:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T00:53:39","slug":"pietersen-leads-boks-to-victory-with-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/09\/26\/pietersen-leads-boks-to-victory-with-hat-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Pietersen leads Boks to victory with hat-trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Malcolm Maifala, Alberton Record<\/h6>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; The wounded Springbok team proved to be a much tougher opponent for Samoa to face after the South Africans ran in six tries to none in their Group B encounter against Samoa.<\/p>\n<p>After being put under pressure in the opening 15 minutes of the game, an intercept by JP Pietersen seemed to be the turning point of the game as anything else that followed seemed to be dictated by the Springboks.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>An introduction of the likes of Damian de Allende as well as an impressive display by the Springbok forwards seemed to be the main difference between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALBRecord\/status\/647823561646821376<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 30 mins of great action, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Springboks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Springboks<\/a> lead 14-6 @galloimages <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jcPsOK4O5S\">pic.twitter.com\/jcPsOK4O5S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Springboks (@Springboks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Springboks\/status\/647808740704526336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, although the South Africans secured such an impressive victory, coach Heyneke Meyer could still address the issue of discipline, considering that the Springboks conceded 15 penalties compared to 11 by Samoa.<\/p>\n<p>One of the star players on the day, Schalk Burger, contributed to the team\u2019s success by scoring a try, making nine tackles and gaining 51 metres for his team.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/daviddos0923\/status\/647865938126196737<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of centre De Allende seemed to be one of the major differences between the two teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a way to finish of the match. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BryanHabana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BryanHabana<\/a> extends his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Springbok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Springbok<\/a> try scoring record. It is all over 46-6. Well done <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Springboks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Springboks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Springboks (@Springboks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Springboks\/status\/647830238794285056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='82fb4e99468560d7752555b97618294a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hat-trick by JP Pietersen secured an impressive Springbok victory as South Africa defeated Samoa 46 points to six. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":100799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":".","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8428,3],"tags":[8399,1773,2367,3010,8297,2057,1003,1648,3213,8593,2362,2062,1767],"class_list":["post-100797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby-world-cup","category-sports-news","tag-2015-rugby-world-cup","tag-alberton","tag-alberton-news","tag-alberton-record","tag-community-2","tag-community-news-2","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gauteng","tag-johannesburg","tag-jp-pietersen","tag-south-africa","tag-southern-courier","tag-springboks"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"tag_labels":["2015 Rugby World Cup","alberton","alberton news","alberton record","community","community news","Ekurhuleni","Gauteng","Johannesburg","JP Pietersen","South Africa","southern courier","springboks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}