{"id":36711,"date":"2015-10-30T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T12:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/36711\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-bronze-final\/"},"modified":"2015-10-30T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T12:55:49","slug":"five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-bronze-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/sports-news\/rugby-world-cup\/2015\/10\/30\/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-bronze-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things you need to know about the Bronze Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. The form book<\/h3>\n<p>South Africa have played 22 matches against Argentina. The stats reads as follows:<br \/>\nWon: 19<br \/>\nLost: 1<br \/>\nDrawn: 1<br \/>\nPoints For: 779<br \/>\nPoints Against: 410<br \/>\nWin percentage: 90%<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s time for the second-to-last match day of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RWC2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RWC2015<\/a> &amp; the Bronze Final <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSAvARG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSAvARG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7vkUrOYwM\">pic.twitter.com\/x7vkUrOYwM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rugbyworldcup\/status\/660008369168777216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<h3>2. Respect the veterans<\/h3>\n<p>Victor Matfield will run out as the most-capped player on Friday night, with a total of 127 caps to his name, and incredibly, the longest career in Springbok rugby. Bryan Habana will run out as the second most-capped player with 116 caps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A CAPTAIN&#39;S KNOCK Victor Matfield will captain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSA<\/a> in Friday&#39;s Bronze Final as a second test retirement looms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujxXudN4ZB\">pic.twitter.com\/ujxXudN4ZB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rugbyworldcup\/status\/660023483510976512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<h3>3. Records all round<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking of the veteran wing, he&#8217;ll be hoping to eclipse Jonah Lomu&#8217;s record of 15 RWC tries. The Toulon winger holds a number of records in the position, including:<br \/>\n&#8211; Most tries at wing,<br \/>\n&#8211; Most tries for South Africa, and<br \/>\n&#8211; Most experienced Springbok player<\/p>\n<iframe src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pUrPBYK_Zrw' height='360' width='640' allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n<h3>4. The pitch<\/h3>\n<p>The Stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has a capacity of 80,000 people and has played host to five RWC matches in the tournament. The last match the Springboks played at the stadium was a 64-0 rout of the USA in the group stages.<\/p>\n\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>5. The man with the whistle<\/h3>\n<p>Irishman John Lacey will be officiating proceedings between the two teams, with Friday being the third South African outing that he&#8217;ll be involved in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to our Munster colleague John Lacey who will referee the bronze medal game at Rugby Rugby World Cup 2015.<\/p>&mdash; Leinster Rugby Referees (@leinsterreferee) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leinsterreferee\/status\/658704888902369280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Springboks take on Los Pumas in the Bronze Final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Here are five quick facts before they kick-off at 10pm tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":0,"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":[2771,2886],"tags":[2880,887,2708,2776,1954],"class_list":["post-36711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugby-world-cup","category-sports-news","tag-argentina","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-rwc","tag-springboks"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"tag_labels":["argentina","rugby","Rugby World Cup","RWC","springboks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36711","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\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}