{"id":42665,"date":"2025-11-22T21:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42665"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:43:51","slug":"president-cyril-ramaphosa-g20-summit-springboks-ireland-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/22\/president-cyril-ramaphosa-g20-summit-springboks-ireland-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa pokes fun at Ireland&#8217;s loss to Springboks at G20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has jokingly teased Ireland\u2019s Prime Minister about the country\u2019s loss to the Springboks amid the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as South Africa beat their rugby rivals 24-13 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin \u2013 their first victory since 2012.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ramaphosa-teases-ireland-pm-after-springboks-victory\">RAMAPHOSA TEASES IRELAND PM AFTER SPRINGBOKS VICTORY<\/h2>\n<p>In a cheeky X post, President Cyril Ramaphosa took a break from the G20 Summit proceedings to brag about the Springboks\u2019 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The South African president revealed that he had received an Irish rugby jersey from Prime Minister Michael Martin.<\/p>\n<p>He posted: \u201cThere\u2019s the G20. And then there are the formidable rugby XVs of South Africa and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis evening, as we sat down to dinner at the end of day one of the 2025 G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit, Taoiseach of Ireland @MichealMartinTD presented me with the thoughtful and special gift of an Ireland shirt signed by the Irish national team.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa jokingly added: \u201cI assured my good friend that the strong bonds between our countries will withstand a Springbok victory in Dublin tonight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-are-the-world-champions\">\u2018WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time President Ramaphosa has bragged about the Springboks to world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to the White House in May, Ramaphosa \u2013 nicknamed \u201cCupcake\u201d \u2013 beamed with pride as he spoke about the South African team.<\/p>\n<p>During a bilateral meeting with Japanese delegates in August, the president emphasised South Africa\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>In one clip, Ramaphosa gifted a rugby shirt to an official, stating, \u201cThis is a token of remembrance from the Springboks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAnd you know, of course, we are the World Champions. Don\u2019t forget that one. Four times\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ramaphosa #pokes #fun #Irelands #loss #Springboks #G20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has jokingly teased Ireland\u2019s Prime Minister about the country\u2019s loss to the Springboks amid the G20 Summit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42667,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42665\/revisions\/42667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}