{"id":607284,"date":"2026-09-06T02:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607284\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T02:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:56:10","slug":"all-blacks-v-springboks-captain-ardie-savea-to-miss-final-test-through-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607284\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v Springboks: Captain Ardie Savea to miss final test through injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacobson assumed the captaincy duties after Savea\u2019s removal, while Wallace Sititi came on to replace him in Soweto. However after the test, the All Blacks confirmed Jacobson injured a tendon in his elbow which rules him out of the fourth test.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks loose forwards stocks had already taken a hit with Anton Segner heading home last week with an ankle infection while Ethan Blackadder struggled with the flu in the lead-up to today\u2019s test.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Quinn Tupaea was also forced off the field in Johannesburg after he went down awkwardly in a tackle shortly after halftime, suffering an MCL knee injury.<\/p>\n

The Springboks surged after Savea\u2019s departure, adding seven points through a penalty try off a strong scrum in the 36th minute.<\/a> The hosts went on to win the match 29-24.<\/p>\n

\"AllAll Blacks captain Ardie Savea is expected to be out for the remainder of the series after coming off in the first half of the third test with an injury. Photo \/ SmartFrame<\/p>\n

Coach Dave Rennie confirmed that his captain would not travel with the team to the United States because of his injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously [with] Ardie\u2019s injury, he won\u2019t travel now, but we\u2019ll work out what it looks like over the next few hours,\u201d he said to Sky Sport after fulltime.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Sky Sport, former All Blacks prop Angus Ta\u02bbavao said Savea\u2019s departure will hit the team hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact he was having on the game was immense and I think it\u2019s not just what he does around his physical side of the game, it\u2019s his leadership and the way he interacts with the officials, the way he interacts with the boys,\u201d Ta\u2019avao said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m no doctor, but I would be surprised if he played again this year. It looked to me like it was a shoulder dislocation and I think probably moving forward the best thing would be to get him right for what\u2019s coming in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s probably good for him. He\u2019s had a big run of rugby, he missed the start of this series to get a bit of a rest, but he gives everything, his body, his mind, his soul, his spirit, and it\u2019s probably an opportunity for him to step away and get some family time and refresh and recoup building towards a big 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ArdieArdie Savea acknowledges supporters after the defeat to South Africa. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Rennie suggested there would be changes to the starting XV in Baltimore, but didn\u2019t give an indication as to who might replace Savea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll make a couple of changes, we always talked about doing that. It\u2019s a long series, got a big travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The All Blacks managed to score two more tries after Savea was taken off through Will Jordan and Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, but their inability to kick goals left too many points on the table against a clinical Springboks side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacobson assumed the captaincy duties after Savea\u2019s removal, while Wallace Sititi came on to replace him in Soweto.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[58131,274811,7291,180381,133684,272405,12104,47388,7576,9076,206197,2607,85,47968,46,258441,231173,35787,266020,127994,33119,274814,274813,274812,274815,105,11930,1532,3715,94850,273,37098,9071],"class_list":["post-607284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all","tag-ardie","tag-been","tag-blacks","tag-both","tag-captain","tag-early","tag-final","tag-greatest","tag-have","tag-heading","tag-home","tag-il","tag-injury","tag-israel","tag-jacobson","tag-luke","tag-match","tag-miss","tag-replacement","tag-rivalry","tag-rugbys","tag-ruled","tag-savea","tag-skipper","tag-sports","tag-springboks","tag-test","tag-three","tag-through","tag-to","tag-tour","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}