{"id":184205,"date":"2025-12-10T04:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/184205\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T04:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:51:05","slug":"games-are-too-long-there-are-too-many-stoppages-and-too-many-set-pieces-mike-prendergast-concerned-by-rugby-trends-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/184205\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Games are too long, there are too many stoppages and too many set-pieces\u2019 \u2013 Mike Prendergast concerned by rugby trends &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxNWmFfZ1hnbmhVLXVMMzMxajdyUWs2UFQ0TmtieGRoTG1VQldxVUo0cC1QNFhHLUNpZFR2SUZwZ1JGTmZNODQwWWdaemlUZ25TUVpPVDFDeG1CNTZ2RnM0a19uMkgtSXZWQTlXSjljN1hfX1Y4aWJZZ3JCRDVrTWVCMkxfN3JMcjZHTEFhOUk2UTBiUmE3dlFKclQ2VFk4WXRoa2pRVDBJcjFmb2VFZHlOMXNYOVZuWGFZR2pkeEVYeWNXNExteW9ncTJHUDhuTmppVnE3V3NzOWwtejd6MGN6TDVmUmg0WTNrcE91dXoxWVRZZE5QTDBsSzlqbnhEdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Games are too long, there are too many stoppages and too many set-pieces\u2019 \u2013 Mike Prendergast concerned by rugby trends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNb0kxR3B5T2hfci1pdktlYzNQNkw0c3BmcDR1UEo5YjJIU25zM0pZVGJRQ2lkNmpFNGsyb20wU2RxcEhJYTFVS2tuYlM2NmZ4djdFaFhhMFU5R1VWQkJHNElYenBYN0w2N1dDN2xPdEY2eThCek5vSFhyR1dsVno2ZTJud0sxQk9hMUFud1hrNHNqQ2JMN3hucmIxYVBKTEgzTHFKYkliZkpONWdyOGNMSVpWekdjckJaOGNnMlNBamQxVENmbU9aNFdpSXNlWW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ross Byrne says escort defender crackdown could see locks converted to wings | Gloucester<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9qRzhsSHI2WHZJMFJDOGJFX05tMFd3QU9HQzBRWEpDM3ltVllYVkFsLXVPWHZZM2NfNDktS3JKbDVsUHZ5THpaR21SUjZ0d2gtVTk0TnYxZUF3ZE81ZG1PaFlVREoxUkxoeUliLVBVVlpuWU1QOEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex Ireland Star Worries New Law Could See The End Of Some Rugby Stars<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Balls.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxPbFE5Qm13Q0ZISmxWV3VPMnUxRVViVzFVMzBtXzJrcVc0RFRNWDdXRWRqWFRnUmp4YTdlTGE5cm9xTnFxZXR1d1EzM293dFIxSHNDbENJeURMMDB2aXQ4RHN6OEN5RU8zdldsR1VvSmRHdHZtQnNNeDR5VzhUX0luUU9tV1dfMkF0TzZvOVR3MXpqOUM4UHRBSW5KSEZjN0NEMlFzenhTNUhmMjE4R0pxV0NHeUNob1p1bDh4bVJRS3B3LW9pOTF2X0lnZU9yTDF5UDhmS2xaTTZwLXpMRzRTOGRTMjBoZUg1OVp0emhJWGM4S2RURU9F?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Unfortunately it\u2019s changed how everyone plays\u2019 \u2013 Ross Byrne blasts the way rugby is being refereed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxPWldUTXJpd2UtQ2ExMXV3UjJ0b0ZJVWVBUUR4d29PLVFmelZ4dWdldEducDg3S2J3d3lZZ3F4TnU0M0RGYUtkMU1GZFB1TGVKR3UwNXFFaXE0NEZFMV90dVBBREV3TmlHdXV5clJYZTdLNGdhOGZpOFFGRk81NE5QTENVT0tMTDFUQVBkaWhMN0c2bWhCR3lQakpScEJ0WDJRNk8zejRPTmRKc0U4eHBXWDA2dHI2MWZSMkRhUFFPdjgwZnRlNHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ross Byrne says escort defender crackdown could see locks converted to wings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Games are too long, there are too many stoppages and too many set-pieces\u2019 \u2013 Mike Prendergast concerned by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-184205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}