{"id":662426,"date":"2026-10-22T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662426\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:32:09","slug":"south-africa-v-ireland-from-safari-to-springboks-erin-king-ready-for-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662426\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa v Ireland: From safari to Springboks – Erin King ready for history"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the two matches and making history are the focus, Ireland have been making the most of the experience of being on tour as a group.<\/p>\n

The players went on a safari to experience the local wildlife and King, who has been to South Africa before with Ireland’s Sevens programme, said it is “a beautiful place”.<\/p>\n

“We’re really excited to be away on tour together, and it’s really special for us to bond as a group.<\/p>\n

“We know the importance of that connection off-field and how it translates to the on-pitch.”<\/p>\n

Hooker Neve Jones, who who will win her 50th Ireland cap <\/a>on Saturday, has also been leading a game of Traitors.<\/p>\n

“Neve’s the head of the social committee,” said King.<\/p>\n

“She’s always keeping us entertained and we all enjoy her company.<\/p>\n

“I’m delighted for her to get her 50th cap. It’s going to be a really special day for her and no-one deserves it more than her.”<\/p>\n

King added that now the next cycle before the World Cup in 2029 is under way, being away together can be beneficial in the long run.<\/p>\n

“Obviously looking ahead to the World Cup in a few years’ time, it’s a great opportunity to get used to touring as a team and how special it can be with the memories that we can make together, while, at the same time, not losing sight of the job at hand.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the two matches and making history are the focus, Ireland have been making the most of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-662426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}