{"id":10749,"date":"2025-12-01T12:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/involvement.co.ke\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:34:06","slug":"springboks-finish-2025-with-ruthless-73-0-demolition-job-on-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/springboks-finish-2025-with-ruthless-73-0-demolition-job-on-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks Finish 2025 With Ruthless 73\u20130 \u201cDemolition Job\u201d on Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Aura, <a href=\"mailto:aurajoe6@gmail.com\">aurajoe6@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Springboks closed their 2025 season with a statement 73\u20130 annihilation of Wales in Cardiff &#8211; the heaviest home defeat in Welsh history.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa ran in 11 tries at the Principality Stadium, turning a 28\u20130 halftime lead into a one-sided exhibition of power, depth, and precision. The victory also sealed an unbeaten autumn tour and ensured the Boks end the year as the world\u2019s No. 1 team for the third straight season.<\/p>\n<p>Wales, fielding a weakened squad under Steve Tandy, simply had no answers. The only blemish in South Africa\u2019s performance came late in the match when Eben Etzebeth was shown a red card for allegedly gouging Alex Mann, an incident head coach Rassie Erasmus diplomatically labeled \u201cnot a good look,\u201d while admitting the call was justified.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the match fed into a bigger, louder debate sweeping rugby: are the 2019\u20132025 Springboks the most dominant team the sport has ever seen?<\/p>\n<p>Their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is outrageous. Back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles. Four World Cups overall. A British &amp; Irish Lions series win. Wins over every top ten nation. Years spent anchored at No. 1. A bench strategy (\u201cBomb Squad\u201d) that changed how teams think about impact players. And a competitive era stacked with talent across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, greatness isn\u2019t uncontested. Rugby romantics still point to the All-Blacks dynasties of 2011\u20132015 and 1987\u20131990, both known for unbeaten streaks and generational legends.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s 2002\u20132003 squad also earns respect for conquering the Southern Hemisphere en route to their historic World Cup triumph. The answer depends on what you value &#8211; dominance over one cycle, longevity or adaptability.<\/p>\n<p>So who are the all-time rugby greats ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Aura, aurajoe6@gmail.com The Springboks closed their 2025 season with a statement 73\u20130 annihilation of Wales in Cardiff &#8211; the heaviest home defeat in Welsh history. South Africa ran in 11 tries at the Principality Stadium, turning a 28\u20130 halftime lead into a one-sided exhibition of power, depth, and precision. The victory also sealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-sports","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}