{"id":572952,"date":"2026-03-29T22:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:36:09","slug":"crusaders-prop-tamaiti-williams-ruled-out-of-2026-super-rugby-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572952\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusaders prop Tamaiti Williams ruled out of 2026 Super Rugby season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThey found an infection in my back called discitis, which means I\u2019m going to be on antibiotics for a pretty long time. Unfortunately, my Crusade for 2026 is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">It\u2019s a tough blow for the prop who felt this season held real promise, both personally and for the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019m feeling gutted, but I\u2019m also grateful that the news isn\u2019t as bad as what it could be,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBeing in hospital, you see a lot, and it makes you appreciate that this place is here to save us. I\u2019ve been told I\u2019m going to make a 100 per cent recovery, so I\u2019m thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">Williams also had a message for his teammates and the wider Crusaders wh\u0101nau: \u201cEven though my season\u2019s done, I\u2019ve got full faith in the boys that they\u2019re going to get the job done. It\u2019s an exciting year for us with the new stadium and a lot of big moments coming up. I\u2019ll be backing the team all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">The Crusaders said they will continue to support Williams throughout his recovery and thanked fans for their messages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThey found an infection in my back called discitis, which means I\u2019m going to be on antibiotics for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[10968,64,63,8421,9658,29897,41792,167957,1787,1927,10956,149588,281130,281129,760,3207,161,44161,85,1643,202158,2284,1050,819],"class_list":["post-572952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-10968","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-back","tag-blacks","tag-crusaders","tag-infection","tag-miss","tag-of","tag-out","tag-pacific","tag-prop","tag-receives","tag-remainder","tag-rugby","tag-ruled","tag-season","tag-serious","tag-sports","tag-super","tag-tamaiti","tag-treatment","tag-will","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572952","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=572952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}