2-1<\/a> after three bruising contests.<\/p>\n“The games have been tough and physically demanding, but we cherish every moment of it,” said South African lock Eben Etzebeth in the build-up.<\/p>\n
Etzebeth added that while the World Cup represents the pinnacle of rugby success, it does not have the same intensity as taking on the All Blacks for four straight weekends.<\/p>\n
“Surely the toughest challenge in the game,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Springboks have dominated the forward contest, seeking to outmuscle the Kiwis.<\/p>\n
The All Blacks have employed a fast, running game that has brought 13 tries to eight for South Africa, but the tourists have been giving away too many penalties.<\/p>\n
“We’re really clear on their DNA and how they want to play,” said All Blacks coach Dave Rennie. “They’ll be clear on what we want to do, and it’s a real contrasting type of style, which I think brings the intrigue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World champions South Africa go in search of a third successive test victory over New Zealand on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-597469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597469","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=597469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}