Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n“Provence Rugby announces with emotion that Ned Hanigan is forced to end his professional rugby career,” the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn medical advice, the Australian international flanker must now prioritize his health and retire from playing top-level rugby. <\/p>\n
“Having arrived in the off-season in 2024, Ned played five matches for the Proven\u00e7al club. Those five matches were enough to highlight his exceptional quality: intelligent, well-rounded, athletic, precise, and always making the right decisions. Every time he stepped onto the pitch, his skill was undeniable.<\/p>\n
“But beyond his sporting achievements, it\u2019s the man himself that the club will remember most. Radiant, humble, and incredibly kind, Ned immediately made a lasting impression on the locker room and everyone who worked with him. Respectful, hardworking, and always positive, he will have left a sincere and enduring mark despite his all-too-brief time at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanigan burst onto the scene with the Waratahs, making his debut in 2016.<\/p>\n
He played close to 90 games in the sky blue jersey across two stints following a brief sojourn to Japan.<\/p>\n
The Dubbo-born back-rower would pull on the gold jersey a year later, debuting against Fiji, and would be named Rookie of the Year in 2017.<\/p>\n
Hanigan would play 28 games for his country, last featuring against Wales in 2022.<\/p>\n
This was coupled by two appearances for Australia A in 2023, scoring in his final game in the gold jersey against Portugal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NSW Waratahs and Wallabies back-rower Ned Hanigan has announced his sudden retirement from the game. Provence Rugby,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,231346,760,85],"class_list":["post-446159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ned-hanigan","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446159","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=446159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}