{"id":670651,"date":"2026-10-31T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670651\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:36:09","slug":"ireland-prepare-for-incredible-atmosphere-for-second-test-against-south-africa-in-athlone-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670651\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland prepare for \u2018incredible\u2019 atmosphere for second Test against South Africa in Athlone Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a rugby professional, touring is part of life\u2019s rich tapestry. Dannah O\u2019Brien had already experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-womens-rugby\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-womens-rugby\">Ireland<\/a> tours to Japan and Canada, as well as last year\u2019s World Cup in England, but had never played in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/scott-bemand\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/scott-bemand\">Scott Bemand\u2019s<\/a> squad enjoyed themselves in the Rainbow Nation and managed to squeeze in a safari as they prepared for last week\u2019s first Test for Ireland\u2019s women on South African soil. When it came to the business end of the trip they were not found wanting and they won a high-tempo, physical contest 40-27 in Cape Town last Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a rugby professional, touring is part of life\u2019s rich tapestry. Dannah O\u2019Brien had already experienced Ireland tours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-670651","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\/670651","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=670651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}