{"id":103151,"date":"2015-10-27T17:32:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103151\/five-rwc-2015-moments-that-well-never-forget\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T02:55:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T00:55:34","slug":"five-rwc-2015-moments-that-well-never-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/10\/27\/five-rwc-2015-moments-that-well-never-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Five RWC 2015 moments that we&#8217;ll never forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. SA losing to Japan<\/h3>\n<p>Was this SA rugby&#8217;s darkest moment? Perhaps. No-one expected the two-time world champions to fall to the &#8216;Brave Blossoms&#8217;. Eddie Jones&#8217;s charges tackled harder, ran straighter, and were generally more determined than a Springbok team filled with superstars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FT <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSA<\/a> 32-34 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/JPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JPN<\/a> <br><br>Did anyone give them a chance? Simply incredible!<br><br>Reaction <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/3me4TqdZ85\">http:\/\/t.co\/3me4TqdZ85<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RWC2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RWC2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/b4BNPB4FHK\">pic.twitter.com\/b4BNPB4FHK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCSport\/status\/645292597058080768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<h3>2. Bryan Habana equaling Jonah Lomu&#8217;s record<\/h3>\n<p>Habana, a veteran of three World Cups and 114 caps, may still go on to beat Lomu&#8217;s record when the Springboks face Los Pumas in the 3rd\/4th place play-off on Friday. For now, however, his 61st-minute try against the US Eagles places him as the joint-highest try scorer in World Cup history.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. Craig Joubert&#8217;s call against Scotland in the quarter-final<\/h3>\n<p>Greig Laidlaw&#8217;s reaction in the video below says it all. Despite not playing their finest match, the Wallabies managed to sneak into the semis courtesy of a contentious call made by Craig Joubert. Not to be outdone by the hordes of outraged fans, the IRB went so far as to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-3279772\/World-Rugby-admits-Craig-Joubert-WRONG-award-Australia-penalty-sent-Scotland-crashing-Rugby-World-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\">release a statement<\/a> correcting the call made by Joubert.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<iframe src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i72pCRlYPq0' height='360' width='640' allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n<h3>4. Heyneke Meyer&#8217;s reactions<\/h3>\n<p>No two matches are ever the same when it comes to Heyneke Meyer&#8217;s reactions. There is no doubting his passion and he wears his heart on his sleeve &#8211; sometimes quite literally, you would think. Here is a moment from the quarter-final that sums up his enthusiasm for the game, and his country.<\/p>\n<iframe src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfdkOtiIZsk' height='360' width='640' allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n<h3>5. SBW consoling Jesse Kriel<\/h3>\n<p>If this didn&#8217;t bring a tear to your eye then you must have a heart made of stone. Instead of celebrating his semi-final win with his team-mates, All Black centre Sonny Bill Williams walks on over to a dejected Jesse Kriel hunched against the posts, shares a word; a hug, and helps him up. A testament to the beautiful game.<\/p>\n\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='8e4b8b36abd88ead1fe53fb8ad52c108'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look back on some of the more memorable moments as the world rugby showpiece winds down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":103154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8428,3],"tags":[1122,7566,8510,1767],"class_list":["post-103151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby-world-cup","category-sports-news","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-rwc","tag-springboks"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"tag_labels":["rugby","Rugby World Cup","RWC","springboks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103151","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=103151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}