{"id":18179,"date":"2025-07-24T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18179\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:21:09","slug":"never-say-no-taukeiaho-eager-for-tonga-call-up-after-nrl-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18179\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never say no\u2019: Taukeiaho eager for Tonga call-up after NRL return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siosiua Taukeiaho is eyeing a stunning return to the international stage, declaring he would \u201cnever say no\u201d to pulling on the red and white of Tonga again, eight years after helping spark their rise on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old prop has enjoyed a strong return to the NRL with Manly this season, seamlessly stepping back into top-flight footy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But while his club form has been impressive, Taukeiaho has his sights set on something bigger, rekindling his international career with the team that means everything to him.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/melbourne-storm-short-turnaround-jahrome-hughes-nrl-roosters\/277051827437f4cb70b5e2ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is the Storm\u2019s short turnaround a big advantage?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always love being a part of the Tonga team\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Kristian Woolf gives me the call, I would never say no to putting on that red and white jersey again,\u201d Taukeiaho told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nrl.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NRL.com<\/a>. \u201cI always love being a part of the Tonga team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taukeiaho was a key figure in Tonga\u2019s memorable 2017 World Cup campaign, lining up alongside Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita as the island nation stunned the rugby league world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the next phase of Tonga\u2019s development underway, his experience and leadership could prove invaluable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Siosiua Taukeiaho is eyeing a stunning return to the international stage, declaring he would \u201cnever say no\u201d to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-18179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}