{"id":15065,"date":"2025-11-12T06:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/springboks-lock-ruled-out-of-sas-nations-series-campaign\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:25","slug":"springboks-lock-ruled-out-of-sas-nations-series-campaign","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/springboks-lock-ruled-out-of-sas-nations-series-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks lock ruled out of SA&#8217;s Nations Series campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 32-year-old received a four-match ban for foul play in his side&#8217;s 32-17 win over France last weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">De Jager was given a straight red card by referee Angus Gardner after his shoulder made contact with Thomas Ramos&#8217; head in the 40th minute of the match. On Tuesday, a statement revealed that the &#8220;disciplinary committee has upheld the red card issued to the player&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">De Jager&#8217;s ban will be reduced to three matches if he completes World Rugby&#8217;s Coaching Intervention Programme. However, he will still miss the Springboks&#8217; upcoming matches against Italy, Ireland and Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15066,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-15065","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Springboks lock, Lood de Jager will play no further part in South Africa's (SA) Nations Series campaign","published_date":"2025-11-12 00:00:00","news_description":"Springboks lock, Lood de Jager will play no further part in South Africa's (SA) Nations Series campaign","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19462,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15065\/revisions\/19462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}