{"id":678978,"date":"2026-05-18T16:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678978\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:53:16","slug":"rebels-accuses-rugby-australia-of-cowardly-betrayal-as-trial-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678978\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels accuses Rugby Australia of &#8216;cowardly betrayal&#8217;, as trial kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          Rebels accuses Rugby Australia of &#8216;cowardly betrayal&#8217;, as trial kicks off | Lawyerly             <\/p>\n<p>Rebels accuses Rugby Australia of \u2018cowardly betrayal\u2019, as trial kicks off<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2443330549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><a role=\"button\" data-redirect-url=\"https:\/\/www.lawyerly.com.au\/melbourne-rebels-accuses-rugby-australia-of-cowardly-betrayal-as-trial-kicks-off\/\" data-display-label=\"0\" data-show-count=\"1\" data-bookmark-label=\"Save\" data-bookmarked-label=\"Saved\" data-loggedin=\"0\" data-type=\"post\" data-object_id=\"370538\" class=\"cbxwpbkmarktrig  cbxwpbkmarktrig-button-addto ld-ext-left\" title=\"Bookmark This\" href=\"#\">Save (0)<\/a>Please login to bookmark<a class=\"cbxwpbkmarkguesttrig_close\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to close bookmark panel\/modal\" href=\"#\"> Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trial has kicked off in the defunct super rugby team Melbourne Rebels\u2019 Federal Court fight against Rugby Australia, with the club accusing the league of a \u201ccowardly betrayal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>error: The content is secured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rebels accuses Rugby Australia of &#8216;cowardly betrayal&#8217;, as trial kicks off | Lawyerly Rebels accuses Rugby Australia of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-678978","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\/678978","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=678978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}