{"id":44130,"date":"2026-08-30T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44130"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:30:15","slug":"springboks-bounce-back-to-beat-all-blacks-33-26-level-series","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/springboks-bounce-back-to-beat-all-blacks-33-26-level-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks bounce back to beat All Blacks 33-26,  level series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry Series is alive and it\u2019s just getting better.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Springboks who haven\u2019t lost back-to-back test matches in almost four years, bounced back to beat arch rivals, the All Blacks, 33-26 in the second test in Cape Town to level the four-match series.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The two-time defending champions led 24-14 at halftime and scored three tries in a much improved performance, although their defense let them down at times.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>They conceded four, but wing Cheslin Kolbe had a 100% success rate off the kicking tee and also slotted four penalties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The two teams now move back to Johannesburg for the third test at the FNB Stadium next weekend.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16099,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-44130","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The two teams now move back to Johannesburg for the third test at the FNB Stadium next weekend.","published_date":"","news_description":"The two teams now move back to Johannesburg for the third test at the FNB Stadium next weekend.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44130","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\/44130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44131,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44130\/revisions\/44131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}