{"id":758078,"date":"2026-06-24T22:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758078\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:48:51","slug":"molly-wright-scotland-hooker-retires-from-professional-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758078\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Wright: Scotland hooker retires from professional rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;My heart isn&#8217;t quite ready,&#8221; says Scotland international Molly Wright as she retires from professional rugby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">New Zealand-born hooker Wright won 27 caps and represented Scotland at two World Cups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 35-year-old former Watsonians player spent the past four seasons at Sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At the end of the season, I hung up my boots. My body is delighted, but my heart isn&#8217;t quite ready,&#8221; said Wright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Thank you to Scotland, my team-mates, coaches, management team, and the fans for an incredible journey filled with friendships, lessons, and unforgettable moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;My time in the game may be over, but I&#8217;ll keep the stories forever. On to the next chapter. See you in the stands.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;My heart isn&#8217;t quite ready,&#8221; says Scotland international Molly Wright as she retires from professional rugby. New Zealand-born&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-758078","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\/758078","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=758078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}