{"id":964590,"date":"2024-07-07T05:21:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T05:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=964590"},"modified":"2024-07-07T05:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T05:21:44","slug":"erasmus-starts-2nd-tenure-with-bok-victory-over-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/erasmus-starts-2nd-tenure-with-bok-victory-over-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus starts 2nd tenure with Bok victory over Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second tenure of Rassie Erasmus as Springbok head coach has started on a winning note.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup champions upheld their World Rugby ranking by beating second-ranked Ireland 27-20 in the first of two test matches at a packed Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria last night.<\/p>\n<p>The Springboks, who led 13-8 at halftime, scored two tries and a penalty try to Ireland&#8217;s three tries.<\/p>\n<p>This victory marks the Springboks&#8217; first win over Ireland since 2016, breaking a run of three successive defeats, including one at last year&#8217;s World Cup in France.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That winning feeling  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForeverGreenForeverGold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForeverGreenForeverGold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Springboks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Springboks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RSAvIRE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RSAvIRE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdT9TaNhyx\">pic.twitter.com\/KdT9TaNhyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Springboks (@Springboks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Springboks\/status\/1809636490193821750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Match report: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Springboks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Springboks<\/a> held their nerve to beat Ireland, with enough to work on before next weekend&#8217;s second Test &#8211; more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XhGNBWgt8m\">https:\/\/t.co\/XhGNBWgt8m<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForeverGreenForeverGold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForeverGreenForeverGold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RSAvIRE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RSAvIRE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PkvcmV10Qr\">pic.twitter.com\/PkvcmV10Qr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Springboks (@Springboks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Springboks\/status\/1809640418721820812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reaction from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Springboks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Springboks<\/a> coach Rassie Erasmus: \u201cOverall, the goal was achieved but it was far from a perfect performance\u201d &#8211; more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N5xwZOmzFi\">https:\/\/t.co\/N5xwZOmzFi<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForeverGreenForeverGold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForeverGreenForeverGold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RSAvIRE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RSAvIRE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1WQ69xLW7I\">pic.twitter.com\/1WQ69xLW7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Springboks (@Springboks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Springboks\/status\/1809660751390605497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second tenure of Rassie Erasmus as Springbok head coach has started on a winning note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":964591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[758,225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}