{"id":36399,"date":"2015-10-24T19:46:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T17:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/36399\/springboks-pay-the-penalty-against-all-blacks\/"},"modified":"2015-10-24T19:46:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T17:46:20","slug":"springboks-pay-the-penalty-against-all-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/sports-news\/rugby-world-cup\/2015\/10\/24\/springboks-pay-the-penalty-against-all-blacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks pay the penalty against All Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; After leading 12 &#8211; 7 in the first half, many South Africans were optimistic as victory against the All Blacks seemed a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the second half, New Zealand overcame the disadvantage of being a man down, when Daniel Carter scored a drop goal, which was followed shortly by a try courtesy of Beauden Barrett. Bryan Habana was sin-binned moments thereafter for a professional foul, metres from the Bok tryline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AllBlacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllBlacks<\/a> are heading to the final! Tense final 10 minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSAvNZL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSAvNZL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TeamAllBlacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamAllBlacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RWC2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RWC2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOTRRnOSU5\">pic.twitter.com\/SOTRRnOSU5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; All Blacks (@AllBlacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AllBlacks\/status\/657962795955150848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>Coach Heyneke Meyer conceded that discipline was again the reason his side lost the game.<\/p>\n<p>On a more positive note, flyhalf Handre Pollard kicked 15 of the 18 points South Africa scored, despite the fact that two tries were scored against them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSAvNZL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSAvNZL<\/a> Meyer: \u201cI\u2019m very proud, I don\u2019t think anybody gave us a chance. We gave it everything but we weren\u2019t good enough.&quot;<\/p>&mdash; EWN Sport (@EWNsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EWNsport\/status\/657971170541707264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>The Springboks still have one more match in the Rugby World Cup on Friday October 30, when they meet the loser of the second semi-final between Australia and Argentina.<\/p>\n<iframe src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1KqWm87BkAM' height='360' width='640' allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crucial moments cost the Springboks as they conceded a 20 &#8211; 18 defeat to New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":36402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2771,2886],"tags":[2808,2809,2811,2814,2708,2799,2817],"class_list":["post-36399","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-record-3","tag-gauteng","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-south-africa","tag-southern-courier"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"tag_labels":["2015 Rugby World Cup","alberton","alberton record","Gauteng","Rugby World Cup","South Africa","southern courier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}