{"id":7107,"date":"2013-07-12T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2013-07-12T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T16:01:26","slug":"stormers-hungry-for-consolation-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7107","title":{"rendered":"Stormers hungry for consolation win"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7108\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bulls_Stormers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7108\" alt=\"A previous Bulls-Stormers game\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bulls_Stormers-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bulls_Stormers-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bulls_Stormers.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A previous Bulls-Stormers game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turning out in their final game of the 2013 Super Rugby season may seem like a formality, but departing winger Bryan Habana says the Stormers will play their hearts out against the title-chasing Bulls at Newlands on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Habana, who leaves for big-spending French outfit Toulon at the end of the campaign, did not believe the Bulls&#8217; log aspirations would weigh heavily on the Cape players&#8217; minds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This Saturday is not about trying to spoil the Bulls&#8217; party,&#8221; Habana said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is about the (Stormers) players getting some pride back for the supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There is a lot of pride at stake for the Stormers and for me personally. I feel disappointed that I haven&#8217;t contributed enough to see us get into the playoff stages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The late kick-off slot means the Stormers, in seventh place and out of the running for the playoffs, could have a say in the final outcome of the log, with the Bulls eager to remain in top spot overall after the last game of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bulls coach Frans Ludeke knew his charges had a mountain to climb at Newlands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are up against an opponent we know. It is always very physical and there are no easy metres to be gained,&#8221; Ludeke said. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning out in their final game of the 2013 Super Rugby season may seem like a formality, but departing winger Bryan Habana says the Stormers will play their hearts out against the title-chasing Bulls at Newlands on Saturday. Habana, who leaves for big-spending French outfit Toulon at the end of the campaign, did not believe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7107\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stormers hungry for consolation win&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,700],"tags":[3912,3913,1190,3856,3914],"class_list":["post-7107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport-news","tag-bulls","tag-franse-ludeke","tag-rugby","tag-stormers","tag-super-rugby"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bulls_Stormers.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7109,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions\/7109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}