{"id":278422,"date":"2019-09-10T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T18:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=278422"},"modified":"2019-09-10T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T18:42:23","slug":"as-underdogs-you-have-nothing-to-lose-geingob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=278422","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAs underdogs, you have nothing to lose\u201d- Geingob"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"224\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 400 \/ 224;\" width=\"400\" controls src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10000000_425681091631505_8048851047227064320_n.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption> FAREWELL: The Namibia Rugby team received a Presidential send-off today at State House. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_4\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Aili Iilonga<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT Hage Geingob said that the Namibia rugby team should be fearless going into its sixth world cup appearance, and that the nation expects a solid performance and not necessarily a victory.<br \/>He said that winning would be ideal but that should not be the focus.<br \/>\u201cSafety in the game is important but also work for a victory. It is not the end of the world if you end up not winning. Go out and play rugby. We will be watching you and show them that as underdogs, you have nothing to lose,\u201d he said.<br \/>Geingob made the remarks during the Team\u2019s send-off at the State House today in Windhoek. <br \/>He also said that the team should be great ambassadors of the country and behave at all times.<br \/>\u201cEven if we lose, but we behave accordingly, they will say Namibia have well behaved people,\u201d said the President. <br \/>Namibia will compete at this year\u2019s Rugby World Cup, which will be hosted in Japan.<br \/>The team will depart on 12 September and is expected to kick the competition off with a game against Italy slated for 22 September. <br \/>Informant\u00e9 news spoke to Eugene Jantjies on the side about the team\u2019s readiness for the Rugby World Cup.<br \/>Jantjies, who will be playing at his fourth world cup and will be making his last world cup appearance, encouraged young boys to work hard and be dedicated to the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":278424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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