{"id":512469,"date":"2026-03-01T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512469\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:31:09","slug":"21-test-all-black-halfback-inks-new-extension-with-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512469\/","title":{"rendered":"21-Test All Black halfback inks new extension with Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Blacks<\/a> and Chiefs<\/a> halfback Cortez Ratima<\/a> has penned a new deal with New Zealand<\/a> Rugby, keeping him at the Hamilton-based Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> franchise for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old will stay at the Chiefs until the end of the 2028 Super Rugby Pacific season, while he will continue to be eligible and available for the All Blacks until the end of the international season in 2028.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs\u2019 halfback has made 60 appearances for the club, making his debut against last weekend\u2019s opponents, the Crusaders, back in 2022.<\/p>\n

Ratima\u2019s All Black debut came against England<\/a> back in 2024, and has gone on to make 21 Tests under former head coach Scott Robertson.<\/p>\n

Ratima and his partner have recently welcomed their second son into the world, making the decision to stay in New Zealand and with the Chiefs even easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a new baby at home and being in one place and having a stable home life is good for our family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this club and how they have supported me and my family. I\u2019m loving what Jono and the other coaches are doing and there\u2019s no place I\u2019d rather be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chiefs and former New Zealand U20<\/a> head coach Jono Gibbes said that Ratima\u2019s re-signing showcases the type of culture the club has.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to have a player of Cortez\u2019s ability stick with us. It shows his faith in what we are doing and where we are heading, which is terrific. It\u2019s also a reflection on the culture we have here at the club,\u201d Gibbes said in a Chiefs statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCortez is a talented young man and it is exciting to know he and his wh?nau will be a part of the Gallagher Chiefs for another three years, at least.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Blacks and Chiefs halfback Cortez Ratima has penned a new deal with New Zealand Rugby, keeping him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-512469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512469","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=512469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}