{"id":6714,"date":"2025-08-16T14:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:19:05","slug":"springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks Adjust Roster at the Last Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Springbok prop Boan Venter will step up to provide additional front-row support from the bench for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship opener against Australia this Saturday, following a last-minute adjustment made by coach Rassie Erasmus on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This change comes as Jan-Hendrik Wessels has withdrawn after being included in the substitute lineup initially.<\/p>\n<p>Venter, who debuted in the Test arena against Georgia during the Castle Lager Incoming Series, will join Bongi Mbonambi and Asenathi Ntlabakanye as the substitute front row after Wessels experienced a minor injury during practice on Wednesday, resulting in his absence from the game.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be Venter\u2019s first appearance in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship as well as his inaugural battle against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off is scheduled for 17h10 and the game will be streamed live on SuperSport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Springbok roster to face Australia in Johannesburg:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 12 caps, 35 points (7t)<br \/>\n14 Edwill van der Merwe (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 3 caps, 25 pts (5t)<br \/>\n13 Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) \u2013 80 caps, 95 points (19t)<br \/>\n12 Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 20 caps, 0 pts<br \/>\n11 Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) \u2013 26 caps, 100 points (20t)<br \/>\n10 Manie Libbok (Kintetsu Liners) \u2013 20 caps, 108 pts (1t, 35c, 11p)<br \/>\n9 Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 19 caps, 25 pts (5t)<\/p>\n<p>8 Siya Kolisi (captain, Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 93 caps, 60 points (12t)<br \/>\n7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) \u2013 88 caps, 60 pts (12t)<br \/>\n6 Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) \u2013 27 caps, 15 pts (3t)<br \/>\n5 Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) \u2013 67 caps, 25 points (5t)<br \/>\n4 Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 133 caps, 35 points (7t)<br \/>\n3 Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls) \u2013 18 caps, 0 pts<br \/>\n2 Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) \u2013 78 caps, 115 pts (23t)<br \/>\n1 Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 41 caps, 0 pts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16 Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) \u2013 79 caps, 70 points (14t)<br \/>\n17 Boan Venter (Edinburgh) \u2013 1 cap, 5 pts (1t)<br \/>\n18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye (Lions) \u2013 1 cap, 0 pts<br \/>\n19 Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) \u2013 79 caps, 20 points (4t)<br \/>\n20 Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) \u2013 53 caps, 45 points (9t)<br \/>\n21 Cobus Reinach (DHL Stormers) \u2013 40 caps, 70 pts (14t)<br \/>\n22 Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) \u2013 14 caps, 35 pts (7t)<br \/>\n23 Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) \u2013 41 caps, 61 points (5t, 9c, 4p, 2 dg)<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-what-is-your-prediction-for-the-game\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR THE GAME?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"wedod-1950661870\" class=\"wedod-after-content wedod-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1458300956780583\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1458300956780583\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springbok prop Boan Venter will step up to provide additional front-row support from the bench for the Castle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"We Do Dis News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wedodis.co.za\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Man_Gale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Man_Gale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b6b5e676134dd81eb2a6292a1f01b5f7\"},\"headline\":\"Springboks Adjust Roster at the Last Minute\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"South Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/\",\"name\":\"Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg\",\"width\":945,\"height\":472,\"caption\":\"Springboks Shuffle Lineup in a Last-Minute Shake-Up\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/category\\\/south-africa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Springboks Adjust Roster at the Last Minute\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"We Do Dis News\",\"description\":\"Discover World Top News . Pop Culture\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"wddn\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"We Do Dis News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/cropped-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-27-2026-11_47_48-AM-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/cropped-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-27-2026-11_47_48-AM-1.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"We Do Dis News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Wedodis.co.za\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Man_Gale\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/lufuno-mangale-b9b37790\",\"https:\\\/\\\/wa.me\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b6b5e676134dd81eb2a6292a1f01b5f7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wedodis.co.za\\\/news\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced","description":"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced","og_description":"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.","og_url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/","og_site_name":"We Do Dis News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wedodis.co.za","article_published_time":"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":945,"height":472,"url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Man_Gale","twitter_site":"@Man_Gale","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b6b5e676134dd81eb2a6292a1f01b5f7"},"headline":"Springboks Adjust Roster at the Last Minute","datePublished":"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","articleSection":["South Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/","url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/","name":"Springboks Last-Minute Roster Adjustments Announced","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-16T12:19:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-16T12:19:05+00:00","description":"Discover how the Springboks made last-minute roster adjustments ahead of their big match, impacting strategy and team dynamics.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","width":945,"height":472,"caption":"Springboks Shuffle Lineup in a Last-Minute Shake-Up"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/springboks-adjust-roster-at-the-last-minute\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Africa","item":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/category\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Springboks Adjust Roster at the Last Minute"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/","name":"We Do Dis News","description":"Discover World Top News . Pop Culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"wddn","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#organization","name":"We Do Dis News","url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-27-2026-11_47_48-AM-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-27-2026-11_47_48-AM-1.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"We Do Dis News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wedodis.co.za","https:\/\/x.com\/Man_Gale","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lufuno-mangale-b9b37790","https:\/\/wa.me\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b6b5e676134dd81eb2a6292a1f01b5f7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c804a9aeda2addd92886f4a9e78474bf6bfc35a6d4d4d1592c422be68b2feb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news"],"url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Springboks-forced-to-change-lineup-.jpg.optimal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6719,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions\/6719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedodis.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}