{"id":404320,"date":"2026-01-10T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404320\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:28:10","slug":"injury-struck-gloucester-sign-manaaki-boyle-tiatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404320\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury struck Gloucester sign Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Injury hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/gloucester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gloucester<\/a> Rugby have confirmed the signing of hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/manaaki-boyle-tiatia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia<\/a> on a three-month contract.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester have moved to plug a sudden hooker shortage after injuries sidelined all three of their first-choice options, bringing in Boyle-Tiatia to provide short-term cover from next week during a key stretch of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Boyle-Tiatia has played a total of 20 times for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/waikato\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waikato<\/a> in New Zealand\u2019s NPC. He will join up with the squad next week and is immediately eligible for selection. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that we\u2019ve faced a challenging period with multiple injuries in one position, so securing Manaaki on a short-term deal was essential,\u201d said Gloucester DoR George Skivington. \u201cHe\u2019s a talented hooker who will fit well into our environment and be able contribute immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult time of the year to find players who are available immediately as sides are always reluctant to reduce their resources in specialist positions, so with the NPC finished in New Zealand, I\u2019m pleased that we\u2019ve been able bring in Manaaki.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester\u2019s European woes continued on Friday night as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/edinburgh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh<\/a> overturned a half-time deficit to claim a 26-24 Champions Cup win, condemning the Cherry &amp; Whites to a fifth straight defeat. <\/p>\n<p>Gloucester led for long spells and went in ahead after tries from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/josh-hathaway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hathaway<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/charlie-atkinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Atkinson<\/a> plus George Barton\u2019s boot, but Edinburgh surged after the break, taking the lead via a penalty try while Atkinson sat in the bin, with Barton\u2019s late penalty unable to prevent defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injury hit Gloucester Rugby have confirmed the signing of hooker New Zealand based Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia on a three-month&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-404320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404320","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=404320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}