{"id":556350,"date":"2026-08-02T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556350\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:18:22","slug":"guys-are-going-to-get-tired-ex-bok-prop-kitshoff-predicts-3-1-series-win-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556350\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Guys are going to get tired&#8217;: Ex-Bok prop Kitshoff predicts 3-1 series win for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 13 hours ago | 1 August 2026 22:31 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>international<\/p>\n<p>    South Africa&#8217;s Steven Kitshoff after the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final win over France (Photo by Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile via Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>Former Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff has predicted a 3-1 series victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/south-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> in the Greatest Rivalry Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The length of the tour with games against the four South African URC clubs in addition to four Tests against the Springboks was the key reason for Kitshoff\u2019s prediction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be like that [4-0],\u201d Kitshoff said on For The Love of Rugby South Africa podcast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/postview.rugbypass.com\/images\/video-player\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/postview.rugbypass.com\/images\/video-player\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mid-week games are going to be a massive sign tell. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/stormers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stormers<\/a> one will be a massive crowd, a lot of energy around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a pure Test rugby perspective, I think it\u2019s going to be close, I think it\u2019s going to end 3-1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The All Blacks have taken a 44-man squad over to South Africa and will call upon extras should injuries strike.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus has prepped his side by using the most players of any team during the Nations Championships in July.<\/p>\n<p>Kitshoff believed the All Blacks will tire as the tour goes on, making it integral for the visitors to win in the first couple of Tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be tough for New Zealand, it\u2019s a long tour, the guys are going to get tired,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey\u2019re playing in hostile environments and, for me, if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> doesn\u2019t knock it over in the first one or two [tests], I think South Africa is going to put a lot of pressure on them towards the back end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf New Zealand can withstand that initial onslaught of the Boks, that first 20 minutes where they become very brutal \u2013 and we all know New Zealand can do that \u2013 they can survive that and even come away with points, I think this thing can go either 2-2 or 3-1 [to the Springboks].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHopefully the Boks do it, for my sanity, on African shores and they actually get it done 3-0,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBut I think it\u2019s going to end 2-1 and then that Baltimore test actually becomes very important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 13 hours ago | 1 August 2026 22:31 EDT mens international South Africa&#8217;s Steven Kitshoff after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-556350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}