{
  "id": 3974843,
  "title": "Handré Pollard almost in tears as Mzwandile Stick reveals heartbreaking Springboks injury blow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/handre-pollard-almost-in-tears-as-mzwandile-stick-reveals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sport/rugby/springboks/2026-08-28-handr-pollard-almost-in-tears-as-mzwandile-stick-reveals-heartbreaking-springboks-injury-blow/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mzandile Stick has revealed how Handré Pollard was almost reduced to tears after suffering an injury in training that ruled him out of Saturday’s second Test against the All Blacks.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Siya Kolisi geared to lead Springboks against All Blacks after mental battle on road back from injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/siya-kolisi-geared-to-lead-springboks-against-all-blacks-after-mental",
        "published": "2026-08-28T15:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}