{"id":101738,"date":"2015-10-06T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101738\/springboks-gear-up-for-us-eagles\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T12:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T10:20:31","slug":"springboks-gear-up-for-us-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/10\/06\/springboks-gear-up-for-us-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks gear up for US Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>David Rush, South Coast Herald<\/h6>\n<p>It is just about a full-strength side, very similar to the one which beat Scotland 34-16 last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>While coach Heyneke Meyer may have been tempted to rest a few players, the need for them to get game time is more urgent.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>That and the fact that he obviously isn&#8217;t taking anything for granted, even after two reasonably solid performances.<\/p>\n<p>Which, for fans, is reassuring. And we need a lot of that.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2015\/10\/SPRINGBOKS_USA_INFOGRAPHIC.jpg\" alt=\"SPRINGBOKS_USA_INFOGRAPHIC\" width=\"768\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, things are looking a little brighter.<\/p>\n<p>A probable quarter-final against Wales looms. That is probably the least scary option.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Boks need to have the mindset of believing that can beat whoever crosses their path.<\/p>\n<p>Not trying to avoid the form or bigger name teams. That has to be a recipe for defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, it seems the Boks are now looming as dark horses. Whereas they were the laughing stock of the rugby universe a few weeks ago, that is no longer the case.<\/p>\n<p>And if the Boks can just keep their cool and avoid too many penalties, and no cards, they will be a threat.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes, and have all their players last the tournament in match-fit condition. That would be nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 Willie le Roux, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Fourie du Preez (capt), 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Schalk Burger (vice-captain), 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Willem Alberts, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Jan Serfontein.<\/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='ba43d6a0a9ed7042e491f69f3f8801a0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judging by the team chosen to take on the USA tomorrow, it&#8217;s clear the Springboks mean business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":101741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":".","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1122,7566,8510,1767,3666],"class_list":["post-101738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-rwc","tag-springboks","tag-usa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["rugby","Rugby World Cup","RWC","springboks","USA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101738","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\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}