{"id":191839,"date":"2025-12-14T20:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/191839\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T20:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:30:05","slug":"tony-ward-fans-are-being-duped-as-order-of-the-boot-and-disrespectful-selections-are-ruining-the-champions-cup-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/191839\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ward: Fans are being duped as \u2018order of the boot\u2019 and disrespectful selections are ruining the Champions Cup &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxOMlo3azF2TmJsVzBJQl82QnBqdVc4bElsVm1jb1VtNzJiR0w3R2RDVHJOcFhIVlpqS2paeGpJd0QxS0xmRi01ZEM1cExMeHhVajhEZG45RVhzVVJlVHhPX3gyOEFDeXQ0SG1xTjIxQjJmNHJQWnM2OV9wNnpTQlFJNm82ODRkUThrcmt4a3h1XzA5NVFHZy1iVFZWMFBLZVdlUGVRTGdwc0JyREx2akQzOThiRUVsQXR4dG1hXzcycHl2eEhnUGZEcl80U09jUWQ1djVsQk9iRXVWY2xoay1oY05tbGFicFFJSGRPRzRJSGVHWlZQUEVMU0dn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tony Ward: Fans are being duped as \u2018order of the boot\u2019 and disrespectful selections are ruining the Champions Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1zMFBSV3hkZnM2aVhXT1VxQ1BmOWtNcU1Ea3g1ZGdQREFDb3VBWWJ6TW9mcUJBMzN2aWM3VVpRNGJ1NHRKZ0NLQ05ITWV0SnZyNXVlZUlldXVYOWpOekk5VFRmR2hMTGlxMVloWU5NQl90SmxPYks4VWZfOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conan: Weakened selections in Champions Cup frustrating for fans and players<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The 42<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxQYTNWbTJuUkFjVVB2YWhZZHlaNkJWd1lUVVhNMHJiR2VoNGdnLUhkcWphXzM3Z1NTRnh5X1F5WDRHVGVNUm1xc2tiT0FSRTNjZHhLUTZNUS0wVHVFdFQ0VHd0cHY0YkpfVGpPMHFnanoxWHZvbUJ3U2FMR0l2cVFKRGtMTzI4UGVrS3libnhaTU1lMkczMHZ4dEFnU0ZrMTJGcERkVXpCNnJaLWtZemt3RTBrR1UweUwzVmNfRldVU3RpbjRabTdqVmpWSzhOaXVqbEJPYjExdDRLWmRfRFY4Yk5HWm1IQ2lNZm42d0tHdHRGdGY5WHJyT0hXNGxOYmV3aDBZNlJobw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cian Tracey: Fans taken for granted as second-string syndrome calls integrity of Champions Cup into question<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Ward: Fans are being duped as \u2018order of the boot\u2019 and disrespectful selections are ruining the Champions&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-191839","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\/191839","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=191839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191839\/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=191839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}