{"id":66538,"date":"2025-08-14T02:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66538\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T02:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:22:18","slug":"blues-farewell-veteran-angus-taavao-blues-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66538\/","title":{"rendered":"BLUES FAREWELL VETERAN ANGUS TA\u2019AVAO \u2014 Blues Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Blues would like to thank Angus Ta\u2019avao for his outstanding contribution to the club, following confirmation he will join the Highlanders for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>A versatile prop, Ta\u2019avao made his Super Rugby debut for the Blues in 2012 before stints with the Waratahs and Chiefs. <\/p>\n<p>He returned to Auckland in 2024 and played a key role in the Blues\u2019 championship-winning season, featuring in every match and bringing up his 50th Blues appearance.<\/p>\n<p>A 23-Test All Black, Ta\u2019avao has proven his durability on field and created a positive presence in the squad and with fans.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues wish Gus and his family all the best for the next chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blues would like to thank Angus Ta\u2019avao for his outstanding contribution to the club, following confirmation he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-66538","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\/66538","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=66538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}