{"id":45322,"date":"2026-09-12T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45322"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:31:21","slug":"springboks-ready-for-new-look-all-blacks-challenge-kolisi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/springboks-ready-for-new-look-all-blacks-challenge-kolisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks ready for new-look All Blacks challenge:  Kolisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa (SA) captain Siya Kolisi said his side were prepared for a new-look New Zealand challenge when the two countries conclude \u200btheir \u201cRugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry\u201d series in Baltimore on Saturday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\nSA will be \u200ctaking a 2-1 lead into the final match of the four-test series.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to draw the series, and that has been our mindset this week,\u201d Kolisi told \u200ba pre-match press conference on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">But they are up against \u200ba New Zealand side that has been freshened up with Richie \u2060Mo\u2019unga returning at flyhalf and significant changes in the forward pack.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe \u200bAll Blacks have brought in new players and we\u2019ve had to look at \u200bthem and what they could bring differently this weekend, so we\u2019ve done our homework,\u201d the Springbok skipper said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBut the key thing for us will be to make sure \u200bwe enforce our game on them, and pitch up physically on the \u200bday.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Springbok\u2019s power game has contrasted with the fast paced running approach from the \u200cKiwis, \u2060making for an absorbing battle between rugby\u2019s two top ranked teams.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe\u2019ve all seen in the last three games that if you are not at your best, they have what it takes to punish you.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey get to know \u200byou, and you \u200bget to know \u2060them, so you have to find other ways and other weaknesses. This week we\u2019re playing almost a new All \u200bBlacks team compared to last week, and Richie Mo\u2019unga \u200bbrings a \u2060different dynamic, so it might be different from the other games,\u201d Kolisi told reporters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn my experience, it doesn\u2019t get tougher than this. It\u2019s like playing \u2060four \u200bRugby World Cup finals in as many weeks \u200bgiven the quality of both teams. We both want to enforce our style of play \u200bon the game.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Reuters\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-45322","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA will be \u200ctaking a 2-1 lead into the final match of the four-test series.","published_date":"","news_description":"SA will be \u200ctaking a 2-1 lead into the final match of the four-test series.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45322","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\/45322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45323,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45322\/revisions\/45323"}],"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=45322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}