{"id":45231,"date":"2026-09-11T12:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45231"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:26:19","slug":"etzebeth-debunks-talks-that-springboks-not-serious-about-game-in-america","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/etzebeth-debunks-talks-that-springboks-not-serious-about-game-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Etzebeth debunks talks that Springboks not serious about game in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">There was talk after the Springboks took a 2-1 lead that South Africa have technically won the series on home soil, and that the match in Baltimore is a sort of exhibition for American audiences.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>According to Eben Etzebeth, nothing can be further from the truth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI think it\u2019s an amazing time we live in to be able to play a test match series against New Zealand for four in a row, I think it\u2019s the ultimate test for any rugby player and to do it for three weekends in a row it\u2019s been tough it\u2019s been some bruising battles but we love every second of it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>And while coaches grab headlines during the week, Etzebeth says he\u2019s more focused on the players.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cEvery All Blacks team I\u2019ve played against is tough, they always make it tough obviously each coach has his own specialties and what he loves coaching for me every test match against them is a big challenge and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll leave my answer.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Etzebeth will extend his Springboks\u2019 record to 146 tests when he plays on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15596,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-45231","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Etzebeth will extend his Springboks\u2019 record to 146 tests when he plays on Saturday.","published_date":"","news_description":"Etzebeth will extend his Springboks\u2019 record to 146 tests when he plays on Saturday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45231","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\/45231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45232,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45231\/revisions\/45232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}