{"id":139946,"date":"2025-09-15T23:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139946\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T23:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:47:06","slug":"spark-rassie-erasmus-delivers-verdict-on-eben-etzebeths-springbok-future-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139946\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Spark&#8221; &#8211; Rassie Erasmus delivers verdict on Eben Etzebeth&#8217;s Springbok future &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EBEN ETZEBETH \u2013 SHADOW OF HIS BEST<\/p>\n<p>The enforcer has been the heartbeat of the Springbok pack for over a decade, but Etzebeth hasn\u2019t hit his usual towering standards this year.<\/p>\n<p>Rested for the Wellington clash, his absence only highlighted how good RG Snyman was. The towering lock brought energy, physicality, and dominance \u2013 the Viking looks ready to take over.<\/p>\n<p>Etzebeth will bounce back, but right now, Snyman deserves the start.<\/p>\n<p>QUIZ: Can you name all 26 teams to have played at the Men\u2019s Rugby World Cups?<\/p>\n<p>Think you know your rugby history? Test your knowledge and see if you can name all 26 teams that have played at the Men\u2019s Rugby World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got just\u00a05 minutes\u00a0on the clock \u2013 no pressure!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3s8fWrj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RUCK\u2019s WhatsApp community here<\/a>\u00a0and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EBEN ETZEBETH \u2013 SHADOW OF HIS BEST The enforcer has been the heartbeat of the Springbok pack for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-139946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}