{"id":53116,"date":"2025-08-08T14:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53116\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:46:06","slug":"springboks-under-no-illusions-of-wallabies-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53116\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks ‘under no illusions’ of Wallabies’ threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Springboks have wrapped up their two-week training camp with head coach Rassie Erasmus looking forward to a competitive 2025 Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n

The squad will reassemble on Sunday ahead of their tournament opener against Australia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, with Erasmus confident that the team are well prepared for what lies ahead.<\/p>\n

Rugby Championship\u2019s\u00a0intensity and competitiveness<\/p>\n

South Africa beat the Barbarians, Italy and Georgia during the incoming series, but the Boks are expecting a far bigger challenge in the form of the Wallabies, All Blacks and Los Pumas, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased with the hard work the players put in over the last two weeks, and we are looking forward to making the switch into the Castle Lager Rugby Championship next week,\u201d Erasmus told the Springboks<\/a>\u2018 official website.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intensity and competitiveness of this competition will be completely different, and our conditioning camp was important to allow us to make that step-up physically and mentally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be going up against quality teams in the Wallabies, All Blacks, and Pumas, so it was important to lay a strong foundation on and off the field before we go into full Test-match week from Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The format of the Rugby Championship sees the Springboks face Australia in back-to-back matches before doing the same against New Zealand and Argentina.<\/p>\n

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Psyched-up Wallabies<\/p>\n

Erasmus, therefore, explained that the Boks will be approaching their title defence in three blocks and expects a mighty challenge against a Wallabies outfit that impressed against the British and Irish Lions despite falling to a 2-1 series defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are approaching the tournament in three different blocks, the first of which is the leg against Australia, and we have no doubt they will want to build on their performances in their last two matches against the British & Irish Lions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarly, we would like to continue building momentum and our results in the Castle Lager Incoming Series, although we are under no illusions about the challenges these teams will pose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited for the challenge ahead, and we are looking forward to returning to the field next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting on the camp, Erasmus added: \u201cThe camp included a series of gym and field training sessions, as well as boardroom sessions, which were vital for us to realign regarding our standards and what we want to achieve on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very productive, and we hope that it will benefit us as we prepare to face a psyched-up and physical Australian team following the British & Irish Lions Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe then have a tour to New Zealand, and face Argentina, and both those teams pose their own threats, so hopefully we can build on these standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Every 2025 Rugby Championship squad: Experienced Springboks, injury-hit All Blacks, wounded Wallabies and returning Los Pumas stars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Springboks have wrapped up their two-week training camp with head coach Rassie Erasmus looking forward to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,1182,44,10531,760,1183,85],"class_list":["post-53116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-news","tag-rassie-erasmus","tag-rugby","tag-south-africa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}